. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2014 Aug 28;194:254–261. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.036

Table 1.

Pb, Cd and Ba concentrations and pH in sampled urban garden soils in NYC and Buffalo, NY (n = 195).

			Percentile
Metal	Mean	Min	25th	50^th	75th	95^th	Max
Pb	292	17.5	100	158	303	934	3580
Cd	0.87	<0.25	0.58	0.76	1.00	1.70	3.67
Ba	144	30.9	70.1	93.7	162	418	1210
pH	6.9	5.5	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.8	8.2

Pb, Cd and Ba are reported in mg kg⁻¹. The one Cd result below the detection limit was considered equal to half the detection limit in calculating mean values.