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From: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risk assessment of some vegetables irrigated with wastewater in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Table 4

Values of hazard quotient (HQ) and hazard index (HI)

Name of sample	Categories	HQ					HI
Name of sample	Categories	Cd	Pb	Cr	Cu	Zn	Cumulative
Spinach	Adults Children	3.273 6.686	0.126 0.259	0.002 0.005	0.046 0.094	0.001 0.003	3.448 7.048
Cucumber	Adults Children	3.409 6.964	0.160 0.327	0.002 0.005	0.054 0.111	0.001 0.002	3.627 7.409
Carrot	Adults Children	3.486 7.122	0.183 0.374	0.002 0.005	0.065 0.132	0.001 0.002	3.738 7.635
Bell pepper	Adults Children	3.523 7.194	0.181 0.369	0.002 0.004	0.053 0.109	0.001 0.002	3.760 7.678
Onion	Adults Children	3.891 7.947	0.326 0.665	0.002 0.005	0.032 0.066	0.001 0.002	4.252 8.686
Tomato	Adults Children	3.953 8.076	0.332 0.678	0.003 0.005	0.052 0.106	0.001 0.002	4.341 8.867
Lettuce	Adults Children	4.018 8.209	0.328 0.670	0.003 0.006	0.074 0.152	0.001 0.002	4.425 9.040
Pepper	Adults Children	4.081 8.337	0.317 0.647	0.002 0.005	0.038 0.077	0.001 0.001	4.439 9.068

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HQ and HI ≥ 1: potential health risk