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. 2021 Jun 1;44(3):817–828. doi: 10.1007/s10653-021-00978-z

Table 3.

Ecological hazard assessment of heavy metal metals in soil

Elements Soil evaluation of AL Soil evaluation of SB
Cfi Eri RI Cfi Eri RI
Cr 0.18 ± 0.01 0.38

488.70

Strong ecological risk

0.21 ± 0.03 0.42

728.81

Strong ecological risk

Ni 0.27 ± 0.02 1.31 0.30 ± 0.06 1.49
Cu 0.28 ± 0.02 1.48 0.32 ± 0.05 1.61
Zn 0.40 ± 0.09 0.43 0.41 ± 0.08 0.41
As 0.66 ± 0.06 6.86 0.71 ± 0.06 7.05
Cd 2.75 ± 0.31* 84.11# 2.03 ± 0.23* 60.85
Hg 12.55 ± 13.34* 391.11# 16.34 ± 14.97* 653.85#
Pb 0.64 ± 0.06 3.02 0.62 ± 0.04 3.12
Elements Soil evaluation of RA Soil evaluation of SG
Cfi Eri RI Cfi Eri RI
Cr 0.27 ± 0.01 0.54

1011.77

Strong ecological risk

0.18 ± 0.00 0.36

597.73

Strong ecological risk

Ni 0.37 ± 0.03 1.84 0.26 ± 0.01 1.35
Cu 0.45 ± 0.17 2.27 0.27 ± 0.02 1.42
Zn 0.45 ± 0.13 0.45 0.40 ± 0.06 0.4
As 0.77 ± 0.08 7.71 0.65 ± 0.03 6.59
Cd 2.54 ± 0.28* 76.07 2.65 ± 0.29* 82.45#
Hg 22.97 ± 16.84* 918.95# 14.52 ± 6.04* 501.95#
Pb 0.79 ± 0.18 3.93 0.64 ± 0.05 3.21

Annotation: * means higher than the local surface reference value; # indicates prominent ecological risk. Values were highlight with bold, which means higher than the standards instead of representing a statistical difference