Table 7: Statistical distribution metrics of the incremental lifetime cancer risks of arsenic, lead and *BaP in the study area.
Distibution metrics of incremental lifetime cancer risk | |||||||
Hazards | Min | Max | Mean | Mode | Median | 5th | 95th |
As | 0.00 | 5.60 × 10-3 | 7.80 × 10-5 | 2.30 × 10-7 | 3.30 × 10-5 | 1.20 × 10-6 | 3.00 × 10-4 |
Pb | 0.00 | 3.35 × 10-5 | 6.45 × 10-7 | 1.75 × 10-8 | 3.20 × 10-8 | 2.00 × 10-8 | 2.30 × 10-6 |
BaP | 0.00 | 1.50 × 1010 | 1.50 × 105 | 1.80 × 10-6 | 1.20 × 10-4 | 4.00 × 10-6 | 3.70 × 10-2 |
*Benzo[a]pyrene was determined as the sum of all the congeners of PAHs present in the sampled vegetables.