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Table 1 Permissible limits of the studied samples

From: High arsenic contamination in the breast milk of mothers inhabiting the Gangetic plains of Bihar: a major health risk to infants

Sample type

Permissible limit

Reference

Water

< 10 µg/L

WHO, 2017

Blood

< 10 µg/L

ATSDR, 2007

Breastmilk

< 1 µg/L

Bartmess, 1990

Urine

< 50 µg/L

CDC, 2004

Rice

< 200 µg/Kg

FAO/WHO, 2011

Wheat

< 100 µg/Kg

FAO/WHO, 2011

Potato

< 500 µg/Kg

FAO/WHO, 2011

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