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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2020 May;70(5):568–579. doi: 10.1080/10962247.2020.1755385

Table 5.

Estimated increase in non-cancer hazard by sampling site for adult residents from inhalation of metals (As, Cd, Co, Mn, Ni and Se) emitted from each metal recycler.

Facility Metals Hazard Quotient and Hazard Index for non-cancer diseases
Fence line Near Neighborhood Far Neighborhood
MR1 As 0 0 0
Cd 0 0.01 0
Co 0.04 0.01 0
Mn 0.17 0.13 0
Ni 1.2* 0.45 0.22
Se 0 0 0
Total 1.4* 0.60 0.22
MR2 As 0.08 0 0
Cd 0.02 0 0
Co 0.30 0.06 0.01
Mn 0.90 0.03 0.04
Ni 10** 0.60 0.21
Se 0 0 0
Total 11** 0.69 0.26
MR3 As 0.03 0.01 0.01
Cd 0.01 0 0
Co 0.03 0.01 0.01
Mn 0.16 0.05 0.03
Ni 1.4* 0.76 0.33
Se 0 0 0
Total 1.6* 0.83 0.38
MR4 As 0 0 0.01
Cd 0.04 0 0
Co 0.01 0 0.01
Mn 0.06 0.02 0.03
Ni 0.15 0.02 0.15
Se 0 0 0
Total 0.26 0.04 0.20

Notes.

*

HI Exceeds 1,

**

HI Exceeds 10

Noncancer risks estimates were calculated for adults and assume metal exposures over 30 years.