## 3 Results and Discussion
### The Assessment of Health Risk-Sediments
#### 3.3.2 Hazard Quotient (HQ) and Hazard Index (HI)
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Sampling Sites** & **Toxic Metals** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**HQing**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**HQinh**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**HQderm**} \\ \cline{3-8}  & **[mg/kg]** & **Children** & **Adults** & **Children** & **Adults** & **Children** & **Adults** \\ \hline \multirow{5}{*}{S1} & Cr & \(2.43\times 10^{-1}\) & \(1.04\times 10^{-1}\) & \(1.84\times 10^{-2}\) & \(7.87\times 10^{-3}\) & \(1.23\times 10^{-2}\) & \(2.08\times 10^{-3}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Pb & \(4.07\times 10^{-2}\) & \(1.74\times 10^{-2}\) & \(1.16\times 10^{-5}\) & \(4.99\times 10^{-6}\) & \(6.09\times 10^{-4}\) & \(9.29\times 10^{-4}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Zn & \(7.55\times 10^{-4}\) & \(3.24\times 10^{-4}\) & \(5.43\times 10^{-7}\) & \(2.33\times 10^{-7}\) & \(2.11\times 10^{-5}\) & \(3.23\times 10^{-5}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Cu & \(3.64\times 10^{-4}\) & \(1.56\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.62\times 10^{-8}\) & \(1.12\times 10^{-8}\) & \(1.93\times 10^{-6}\) & \(2.95\times 10^{-6}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Fe & \(8.19\times 10^{-1}\) & \(3.51\times 10^{-1}\) & \(5.90\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.53\times 10^{-4}\) & \(1.53\times 10^{-2}\) & \(2.34\times 10^{-2}\) \\ \hline \multirow{5}{*}{S2} & Cr & \(7.73\times 10^{-1}\) & \(3.31\times 10^{-1}\) & \(5.83\times 10^{-2}\) & \(2.50\times 10^{-2}\) & \(3.90\times 10^{-2}\) & \(6.61\times 10^{-3}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Pb & \(1.04\times 10^{-1}\) & \(4.46\times 10^{-2}\) & \(2.98\times 10^{-5}\) & \(1.28\times 10^{-5}\) & \(1.56\times 10^{-3}\) & \(2.38\times 10^{-3}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Zn & \(9.30\times 10^{-4}\) & \(3.98\times 10^{-4}\) & \(6.69\times 10^{-7}\) & \(2.87\times 10^{-7}\) & \(2.60\times 10^{-5}\) & \(3.97\times 10^{-5}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Cu & \(4.16\times 10^{-4}\) & \(1.78\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.99\times 10^{-8}\) & \(1.28\times 10^{-8}\) & \(2.21\times 10^{-6}\) & \(3.37\times 10^{-6}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Fe & \(1.10\times 10^{0}\) & \(4.73\times 10^{-1}\) & \(7.95\times 10^{-4}\) & \(3.41\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.06\times 10^{-2}\) & \(3.15\times 10^{-2}\) \\ \hline \multirow{5}{*}{S3} & Cr & \(3.42\times 10^{-2}\) & \(1.46\times 10^{-2}\) & \(2.58\times 10^{-3}\) & \(1.11\times 10^{-3}\) & \(1.72\times 10^{-3}\) & \(2.92\times 10^{-4}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Pb & \(3.08\times 10^{-2}\) & \(1.32\times 10^{-2}\) & \(8.80\times 10^{-6}\) & \(3.77\times 10^{-6}\) & \(4.60\times 10^{-4}\) & \(7.03\times 10^{-4}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Zn & \(4.88\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.09\times 10^{-4}\) & \(3.51\times 10^{-7}\) & \(1.50\times 10^{-7}\) & \(1.37\times 10^{-5}\) & \(2.08\times 10^{-5}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Cu & \(3.43\times 10^{-4}\) & \(1.47\times 10^{-4}\) & \(2.47\times 10^{-8}\) & \(1.06\times 10^{-8}\) & \(1.82\times 10^{-6}\) & \(2.78\times 10^{-6}\) \\ \cline{2-8}  & Fe & \(5.27\times 10^{-1}\) & \(2.26\times 10^{-1}\) & \(3.79\times 10^{-4}\) & \(1.62\times 10^{-4}\) & \(9.83\times 10^{-3}\) & \(1.50\times 10^{-2}\) \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 9: HQ for ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact for the sediments at all the studied sites: S1 “Blekitina Laguna”, S2 “Huta”, and S3 “Mala Szwecja” [mg/kg].