Table 5 Comparative analysis of MPI, HI, EWI, and CR results from the present study with previous findings across diverse global regions.

From: Assessment of health risks associated with heavy metal contamination in selected fish and crustacean species from Temsah Lake, Suez Canal

site

No. of species

MPI

HI

EWI(Cd)

EWI(Pb)

EWI(Ni)

EWI(Hg)

EWI(Sn)

CR(Cd)

CR(Pb)

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Temsah Lak, Suez Canal

9

0.0002–6.62

0.10–0.61

0.22–1.33

0.08–0.77

0.17–1.68

1.50–7.51

3.29–16.43

0.87–4.66

1.90–10.20

ND–0.03

ND–0.07

0.08–2.69

0.17–5.88

1.04E-04–1.00E-03

2.27E-04–2.20E-03

2.66E-06–1.33E-05

5.81E-06–2.90E-05

Present study

Persian Gul, Iran

5

–

0.277–0.402

 

0.000127–0.000254

–

0.000265–0.000417

–

–

–

0.000188–

–

–

–

–

–

3.21E-07–6.67E-07

–

19

Black Sea, Turkey

5

0.14–0.563

0.135–0.763

–

0.0153–0.116

–

0.0244–0.241

–

0.065–0.035

–

0.022–0.204

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

76

Arabian Gul, Saudi Arabia

4

–

0.26–1.23

–

0.0013

–

0.01

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4.19E-05–14.64E-05

–

0.05E-05–0.15E-05

–

77

Manzalah Lak, Egypt

5

–

1.06–1.25

4.95–5.83

7.42– 8.75

34.65–40.81

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4.0E-04–4.70E-04

1.88E-03–2.21E-03

–

–

78

Damietta, North Egypt, Mediterranean coast

3

–

0.0171–0.15

–

0.028–0.56

–

0.007–1.295

–

0.28–0.798

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

79

Kirtankhola River,Bangladesh

12

0.052–0.77

0.0002–0.0054

0.0022–0.27

0.00079

0.0035

0.00216

0.016

–

–

–

–

–

–

2.36E-07–1.49E-06

1.04E-06–6.57E-06

3.56E-10–7.50E-09

1.57E-09–3.31E-08

80

Hurghada City, Red Sea, Egypt

5

0.64–12.81

0.174–1.35

0.817–6.312

0.35–2.17

1.68 ─–10.22

1.68–20.65

7.77–96.46

2,1─–11.76

9.94–54.95

–

–

–

–

8.59E-09–5.06E-05

7.57E-06–4.73E-05

2.70E-06–4.79E-04

2.52E-06–4.48E-04

81

Missouri, USA

2

–

0.2–0.38

–

0.01–0.02

–

0.17–1.16

–

0.06–0.48

–

–

–

0.32–5.18

–

–

–

2.09E-07–5.86E-07

–

82

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