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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2019 Nov 22;718:134639. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134639

Table 4.

Hazard quotient for As, Cd, and Pb per exposure age group and exposure media.

Exposure Age Group

Exposure Media 1 to < 2 yrs 2 to < 3 yrs 3 to < 6 yrs
As Garden soil 3.5 × 10−3 2.1 × 10−3 1.6 × 10−3
Playground soil 3.1 × 10−3 1.9 × 10−3 1.4 × 10−3

Lettuce 6.0 × 10−2 3.7 × 10−1 3.0 × 10−3
Cilantro 1.1 × 10−1 1.2 × 10−2 7.6 × 10−4
Carrot 4.7 × 10−3 1.8 × 10−2 1.9 × 10−3
Kale 8.1 × 10−2 3.4 × 10−2 2.5 × 10−2
Cabbage 2.3 × 10−4 1.1 × 10−4 6.4 × 10−5

Garden dust 1.5 × 10−4 1.5 × 10−4 1.2 × 10−4
Playground dust 1.2 × 10−4 1.2 × 10−4 9.4 × 10−5

Water 1 7 × 10−3 1.9 × 10−3 1.5 × 10−3

Cumulative 2.6 × 10−1 4.4 × 10−1 3.5 × 10−2

Cd Garden soil 2.8 × 10−2 1.7 × 10−2 1.3 × 10−2
Playground soil 2.0 × 10−2 1.3 × 10−2 9.3 × 10−3

Lettuce 1.3 × 10−1 7.7 × 10−1 6.4 × 10−3
Cilantro 2.2 × 10−2 2.4 × 10−3 1.5 × 10−4
Carrot 8.1 × 10−1 3.1* 3.3 × 10−1
Kale 2.1 × 10−2 8.5 × 10−3 6.3 × 10−3
Cabbage 9.5 × 10−3 4.4 × 10−3 2.6 × 10−3

Garden dust 4.4 × 10−4 4.3 × 10−4 3.4 × 10−4
Playground dust 2.7 × 10−4 2.6 × 10−4 2.1 × 10−4

Water 1.2 × 10−3 1.3 × 10−3 1.0 × 10−3

Cumulative 1.0* 3.9* 3.7 × 10−1

Pb Garden soil 1.4 × 10−2 8.9 × 10−3 6.6 × 10−3
Playground soil 3.7 × 10−3 2.3 × 10−3 1.7 × 10−3

Lettuce 2.8 × 10−4 1.7 × 10−3 1.4 × 10−5
Cilantro 8.8 × 10−6 9.7 × 10−7 6.1 × 10−8
Carrot 2.9 × 10−3 1.1 × 10−2 1.2 × 10−3
Kale 3.1 × 10−6 1.3 × 10−6 9.4 × 10−7
Cabbage 3.2 × 10−6 1.5 × 10−6 8.7 × 10−7

Garden dust 4.5 × 10−7 4.4 × 10−7 3.4 × 10−7
Playground dust 3.7 × 10−7 3.6 × 10−7 2.8 × 10−7

Water 8.5 × 10−5 9.9 × 10−5 7.5 × 10−5

Cumulative 2.1 × 10−2 2.4 × 10−2 9.6 × 10−3
*

Indicates HQ ≥ 1