Table 1 Descriptive data of heavy metals in paddy soils from Jin-Qu basin of Zhejiang province (n = 109).

From: Health risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in a soil-rice system: a case study in the Jin-Qu Basin of China

 

Cd (mg kg−1)

Pb (mg kg−1)

Ni (mg kg−1)

Cr (mg kg−1)

Zn (mg kg−1)

Cu (mg kg−1)

SOM (%)

pH

Data

Max

1.68

108.5

100.4

175.3

251.5

77.3

6.15

7.38

Min

0.06

5.0

0.3

2.8

11.9

1.0

1.59

4.48

Median

0.32

29.3

11.6

19.8

93.9

14.3

3.23

5.17

Statistics

Mean

0.37

32.1

15.2

24.2

98.7

16.7

3.36

5.22

SD

0.249

11.9

15.2

22.6

54.4

11.1

0.96

0.64

CV

68%

37%

100%

93%

55%

67%

29%

12%

K-S (p)

0.009

0.010

0.000

0.001

0.353

0.045

0.623

0.001

References

Backgrounda

0.17

25.6

22.3

54.6

69.0

17.8

Guidelinesb

0.30

80

60

250

200

50

Exceeding

42.2%

0.9%

2.8%

0

3.7%

1.8%

Mean values of different counties

Dongyang (n = 38)

0.18

24.9

11.0

19.1

68.8

9.5

3.66

5.25

Jiangshan (n = 33)

0.44

31.5

28.9

43.9

127.5

29.0

4.14

5.38

Longyou (n = 38)

0.55

42.1

17.3

24.2

113.1

21.9

2.61

5.23

  1. aZhejiang Soil Survey Office. Zhejiang Soils (1994).
  2. bSoil environmental quality of risk control standard for soil contamination of agricultural land (GB15618-2018).