Table 6 Cross-comparison of vegetable types versus heavy metals in terms of contamination
Heavy metal | % count of contaminated samples among the total count of samples analyzed for each of the heavy metals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White Potato | Green Cabbage | Red Spinach | White Radish | Green Bean | |
Pb | 33.33 % (out of 48 samples) | 16.33 % (out of 49 samples) | 36.07 % (out of 61 samples) | 28.57 % (out of 63 samples) | 31.25 % (out of 64 samples) |
Cd | 30.61 % (out of 49 samples) | 8.16 % (out of 49 samples) | 8.33 % (out of 60 samples) | 7.81 % (out of 64 samples) | 34.37 % (out of 64 samples) |