Table 6.
The heavy metal soil contamination, soil-plant transfer, root-shoot translocation, and health risk assessment parameters used in different risk assessment and remediation studies.
| Soil Contamination and Soil-Plant Transfer Indices | References | Risk Assessment Indices | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree of contamination (Cdeg) | [277] | Root-shoot translocation factor (TrF) | [215] |
| Geo-accumulation index (Igeo) | [274] | Plant pollution index (PPI) | [274] |
| Contamination factor (CF), Enrichment factors (EF) | [274] | Estimated daily intake (EDI) or Average daily intake (ADI) | [31] |
| Mobilization factor (MF) | [215] | Hazard quotient (HQ) | [31] |
| Bioaccumulation factor (BF) | [278] | Maximum allowable daily intake (MDI) | [4] |
| Bioconcentration factor (BCF) | [215] | Life time cancer risk (ILTCR) | [31] |
| Plant enrichment factors (PEF) | [25,279] | Health risk index (HRI) | [4] |
| Soil-plant transfer factor (TF) or transfer coefficient (TC) | [274] | Tolerance index (TI) | [274] |