Accumulation of arsenic and other metals in soil and human consumable foods of Meherpur district, southwestern Bangladesh, and associated health risk assessment

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Table 13 Hazard quotients (HQ) for individual metals caused by the consumption of foods

Sample ID	As	Cr	Cd	Pb	Ni	Cu	Zn
RP-1	3.815	0.005	0.343	0.873	0.275	0.413	0.219
RP-2	1.354	0.007	0.744	2.046	0.524	0.239	0.415
RP-3	2.671	0.003	0.343	0.758	0.177	0.308	0.225
RP-4	1.507	0.004	0.401	0.830	0.232	0.346	0.279
FS-1	0.123	0.002	0.185	0.577	0.252	0.832	0.131
FS-2	0.689	0.003	0.843	0.970	0.263	0.599	0.177
FS-3	0.081	0.003	0.738	1.385	0.188	0.982	0.303
FS-4	0.576	0.005	0.464	1.212	0.436	1.930	0.237
FS-5	2.234	0.006	0.590	1.633	0.512	0.727	0.299
Mean	1.450	0.004	0.517	1.143	0.318	0.708	0.254
SD	1.260	0.002	0.223	0.473	0.136	0.524	0.083