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 8 Pearson’s correlation matrix among heavy metals concentration in soil and food samples

Parameters	As	Co	Ni	Cu	Zn	Fe	Mn	Cr	Cd	Pb
Soil samples
As	1
Co	0.831	1
Ni	0.854	0.995	1
Cu	0.792	0.954	0.969	1
Zn	−0.135	0.055	0.106	0.246	1
Fe	0.871	0.969	0.977	0.954	0.179	1
Mn	0.905	0.946	0.953	0.916	0.045	0.973	1
Cr	0.903	0.967	0.971	0.932	0.053	0.981	0.987	1
Cd	0.564	0.479	0.500	0.477	0.406	0.662	0.658	0.617	1
Pb	0.829	0.861	0.901	0.940	0.365	0.913	0.848	0.871	0.551	1
Food samples
As	1
Co	0.942	1
Ni	0.972	0.980	1
Cu	0.460	0.471	0.484	1
Zn	0.796	0.718	0.763	0.565	1
Fe	0.978	0.989	0.990	0.463	0.743	1
Mn	0.983	0.939	0.963	0.511	0.870	0.963	1
Cr	0.963	0.963	0.979	0.538	0.865	0.969	0.984	1
Cd	0.637	0.588	0.586	0.380	0.914	0.598	0.735	0.729	1
Pb	0.960	0.963	0.977	0.508	0.857	0.970	0.969	0.992	0.717	1