Table 1 PI and potential RI for each heavy metal of the soil in different regions of Jiangmen city.

From: Characteristics, source apportionment, and health risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in soil of jiangmen, China

Study area/PI

As

Cd

Cr

Cu

Hg

Ni

Pb

Zn

Pn

Risk grade

RI

Risk grade

Jianghai District

1.2

10.6

7.1

2.3

1.9

1.4

2.4

1.3

11.6

Severely polluted

453.3

Considerable

Pengjiang District

1.7

5.2

0.7

1.8

3.8

0.7

2.4

2.2

5.2

Severely polluted

351.0

Considerable

Xinhui District

1.2

3.7

0.9

1.8

2.6

0.7

2.5

1.1

4.1

Severely polluted

257.7

Moderate

Taishan City

1.3

2.1

0.5

0.8

1.6

0.4

1.6

0.7

2.4

Moderately polluted

156.0

Moderate

Kaiping City

0.9

1.6

0.6

1.4

1.1

0.4

1.4

0.8

2.2

Moderately polluted

121.2

Low

Enping City

0.8

2.1

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.3

1.7

0.5

1.9

Slightly polluted

119.8

Low

Heshan City

1.1

1.8

0.6

1.1

0.6

0.5

2.6

0.8

2.3

Moderately polluted

113.4

Low