Table 4.

HQ values for various pathways and elements and HI for elements from Santiago Island.

Element	HQ Ingestion		HQ Dermal		HQ Inhalation		HI
	Children	Adult	Children	Adult	Children	Adult	Children	Adult
Co	2.9 × 100	3.1 × 10−1	8.2 × 10−3	1.2 × 10−3	4.1 × 10−3	2.3 × 10−3	2.9	0.3
Cr	1.1 × 100	1.2 × 10−1	3.1 × 10−3	4.7 × 10−4	9.2 × 10−4	5.2 × 10−4	1.1	0.1
V	1.9 × 10−1	2.0 × 10−2	5.3 × 10−4	8.1 × 10−5	1.2 × 10−3	6.7 × 10−4	0.2	0.0
Ni	2.6 × 10−2	2.7 × 10−3	7.2 × 10−5	1.1 × 10−5	7.2 × 10−7	4.0 × 10−7	0.0	0.0
Cu	6.2 × 10−1	6.7 × 10−2	1.7 × 10−3	2.7 × 10−4	8.8 × 10−4	5.0 × 10−4	0.6	0.1
Zn	8.4 × 10−3	9.0 × 10−4	2.3 × 10−5	3.6 × 10−6	2.3 × 10−7	1.3 × 10−7	0.0	0.0
Cd	4.0 × 10−3	4.3 × 10−4	4.5 × 10−4	6.8 × 10−5	1.1 × 10−5	6.3 × 10−6	0.0	0.0
Mn	1.1 × 100	1.2 × 10−1	3.1 × 10−3	4.7 × 10−4	1.5 × 10−2	8.3 × 10−3	1.1	0.1

Note: Bold values show the PTE values above 1, and so highlight the elements which have potential non-carcinogenic risk.