Daily intake of essential minerals and metallic micropollutants from foods in France

Daily intakes of essential minerals and metallic micro-pollutants are estimated from foods usually eaten in France. These foods are grouped in nine categories. For essential elements, intake estimates are comparable to the values recommended by the WHO. The cadmium value is lower than the tolerable daily dose. The estimated values are: cobalt 29 mu g/day, chromium 98 mu g/day, copper 1.5 mg/day, manganese 2.5 mg/day, molybdenum 275 mu g/day, zinc 14 mg/day, aluminium 4.2 mg/day, boron 1.6 mg/day, cadmium 27 mu g/day and nickel 231 mu g/day. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.