highly significantp < 0.001
Arsenic (As) Levels The sampling station had a highly significant effect on As levels (F = 42.090, p < 0.001), while sex also exerted a significant influence (F = 10.965, p = 0.004).
Arsenic (As) Levels The sampling station had a highly significant effect on As levels (F = 42.090, p < 0.001), while sex also exerted a significant influence (F = 10.965, p = 0.004).
Regarding Zinc (Zn), the station effect was significant ( p = 0.009), while the influence of sex remained borderline non-significant ( p = 0.055).
A clear trend of increasing accumulation was observed toward Iskenderun, where the highest Cd level was measured in males (0.041 ± 0.005 mg/kg).