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Explanation of Results
This page provides more chemical testing results from Healthy Kids Minnesota 2021 for families to use in comparing their child’s results with those of other children in the program. There is an explanation of the terms and how to interpret them at the bottom of the page.
Metals table
Metals | Average level for all kids (ug/L) | Percent kids with chemical found | 5th percentile | 95th percentile |
---|---|---|---|---|
Antimony | ** | 0.2% | *** | *** |
Arsenic | 6.0 | 87.6% | 1.4 | 35.5 |
Cadmium | ** | 46.2% | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Chromium | 0.2 | 70.2% | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Cobalt | 0.4 | 95.4% | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Manganese | ** | 20.2% | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Mercury | ** | 1.3% | *** | *** |
Molybdenum | 75.4 | 98.2% | 17.1 | 223.0 |
Nickel | 1.9 | 96.9% | 0.1 | 7.5 |
Thallium | 0.2 | 98.3% | 0.1 | 0.5 |
Tungsten | ** | 36.0% | 0.1 | 0.5 |
Uranium | ** | 40.7% | 0.004 | 0.02 |
** Average not calculated because the chemical was not found in enough kids
*** Percentile not calculated because chemical was not fund in enough kids
Pesticides table
Pesticide tested | Average level for all kids (ug/L) | Percent kids with chemical found | 5th percentile | 95th percentile |
---|---|---|---|---|
2,4-D | 0.6 | 97% | 0.2 | 2.8 |
PNP | 0.8 | 97% | 0.2 | 5.2 |
TCPY | 0.7 | 92% | 0.2 | 2.3 |
IMPY | ** | 26% | 0.2 | 0.8 |
3-PBA | 0.5 | 90% | 0.1 | 4.2 |
4-F-3-PBA | ** | 8% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
trans-DCCA | 0.4 | 52% | 0.2 | 3.1 |
cis-DCCA | ** | 26% | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Environmental phenols table
Environmental Phenols | Average level for all kids (ug/L) | Percent kids with chemical found | 5th percentile | 95th percentile |
---|---|---|---|---|
Benzophenone-3 | 6.5 | 96% | 0.3 | 68.2 |
Bisphenol A | 0.6 | 88% | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Bisphenol F | 0.2 | 72% | 0.1 | 1.0 |
Bisphenol S | 0.3 | 86% | 0.1 | 3.5 |
Triclosan | 0.3 | 53% | 0.1 | 1.9 |
Triclocarban | ** | 0% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Methyl paraben | 9.3 | 100% | 1.6 | 244.0 |
Ethyl paraben | 0.7 | 96% | 0.2 | 7.2 |
Propyl paraben | 0.7 | 86% | 0.1 | 31.7 |
Butyl paraben | ** | 10% | 0.1 | 0.3 |
2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0.4 | 94% | 0.1 | 1.7 |
2,5-Dichlorophenol | 0.8 | 96% | 0.1 | 18.7 |
Terms
Average level from all kids: The typical level found in kids from Healthy Kids Minnesota 2021. ** means the average was not calculated. Sometimes we did not calculate the average because the chemical was not found in enough kids. The average shown here is a geometric mean, a type of average used for many environmental data sets that have a skewed distribution.
Percent of kids with chemical found: The percentage of kids from Healthy Kids Minnesota 2021 who had a detectable level of the chemical in their urine.
5th Percentile: This means that 5% of kids in Healthy Kids Minnesota 2021 had a result below or equal to the number listed in the table. For example, the 5th percentile for IMPY is 0.2ug/L, this means 5% of participants had levels less than or equal to 0.2ug/L. If your child’s result is lower than the number listed, it means your child had one of the lower results.
95th Percentile: This means that 95% of kids in Healthy Kids Minnesota 2021 had a result below or equal to the number listed in the table. For example, the 95th percentile for IMPY is 0.8ug/L, this means 95% of participants had levels less than or equal to 0.8ug/L. If your child’s result is higher than the number listed, it means your child had one of the higher results.
Ug/L: Micrograms of chemical per Liter of urine