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. 2015 Dec 22;13(1):63. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13010063

Table 4.

The concentrations of four heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr) in soil and rice grain from the Yangtze River of China.

Items Soil Rice Grain
Cd Hg Pb Cr Cd Hg Pb Cr
Number 101 101 101 101 101 101 101 101
Max (mg·kg−1) 4.64 1.46 127.56 231.02 1.81 0.09 0.68 93.74
Min (mg·kg−1) 0.10 0.01 7.64 13.52 0.01 0 0.12 0.23
Overall mean (mg·kg−1) 0.79 0.18 24.62 74.76 0.29 0.01 0.25 6.70
Standard deviation (mg·kg−1) 0.94 0.25 15.27 44.13 0.39 0.01 0.11 15.42
Median (mg·kg−1) 0.55 0.16 21.55 64.62 0.10 0.01 0.25 2.66
Percentage of excessive amount 70.90% 29.7% 0% 0% 37% 16% 60% 70%