Table 10.
Health Risk index of potentially toxic elements in popcorn kernels
| MSWC rate (t/ha) | As | Cr | Cu | Fe | Hg | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | |
| Control | 8.27E−04 | 3.31E−04 | 5.62E−03 | 1.05E−02 | 6.92E−05 | 1.29E−04 | 2.73E−03 | 1.46E−01 | 2.28E−04 | 2.28E−04 |
| 4 | 6.40E−04 | 2.56E−04 | 5.30E−03 | 9.90E−03 | 4.54E−05 | 8.48E−05 | 1.76E−03 | 9.40E−02 | 1.06E−03 | 1.06E−03 |
| 8 | 5.28E−04 | 2.11E−04 | 4.50E−03 | 8.41E−03 | 4.62E−05 | 8.62E−05 | 1.98E−03 | 1.05E−01 | 5.53E−04 | 5.53E−04 |
| SD( ±) | 8.81E−05 | 3.52E−05 | 4.53E−04 | 8.46E−04 | 5.51E−06 | 1.03E−05 | 1.47E−04 | 7.82E−03 | 2.09E−04 | 2.09E−04 |
| LSD (p < 0.05) | 2.16E−04 | 8.62E−05 | 1.11E−03 | 2.07E−03 | 1.35E−05 | 2.52E−05 | 3.59E−04 | 1.91E−02 | 5.11E−04 | 5.11E−04 |
| Sig | * | * | ns | ns | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | * |
| MSWC rate (t/ha) | Mn | Ni | Pb | Co | Zn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | Children | Adult | Children | Adult | Children | AdultAdult | Children | Adult | Children | |
| Control | 2.45E−04 | 4.57E−04 | 1.18E−05 | 2.21E−05 | 3.56E−05 | 6.64E−05 | 2.43E−06 | 4.54E−06 | 5.58E−04 | 1.04E−03 |
| 4 | 1.66E−04 | 3.10E−04 | 1.10E−05 | 2.04E−05 | 2.35E−05 | 4.38E−05 | 2.22E−06 | 4.14E−06 | 3.40E−04 | 6.35E−04 |
| 8 | 1.81E−04 | 3.37E−04 | 1.06E−05 | 1.99E−05 | 2.31E−05 | 4.32E−05 | 2.22E−06 | 4.14E−06 | 3.02E−04 | 5.63E−04 |
| SD( ±) | 3.21E−05 | 2.45E−05 | 4.14E−07 | 7.74E−07 | 8.46E−07 | 1.58E−06 | 4.96E−08 | 9.26E−08 | 4.13E−05 | 7.71E−05 |
| LSD (p < 0.05) | 3.21E−05 | 5.99E−05 | 1.01E−06 | 1.89E−06 | 2.07E−06 | 3.86E−06 | 1.21E−07 | 2.27E−07 | 1.01E−04 | 1.89E−04 |
| p | ** | ** | ns | ns | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** |
MSWC Municipal solid waste compost, LSD Least significant difference at p ≤ 0.05, SD standard deviation
**Significant at p = 0.001, *significant at p = 0.05