For Cd, we calculated the percentage of the provisional tolerable
weekly intake (PTWI). The PTWI recommended byFAO/WHO.
(2010) is 7lgkg
1
body weight. If we consider an adult person
of 70 kg who consumes 200 g of fresh taro corms per day, his
weekly intake of Cd will be 3.7–10.0% of PTWI.