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Fig. 7. Cadmium concentration in leaves of romaine lettuce grown on unlimed (pH 5.6) Christiana fine sandy loam (fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults) amended with 0, 56, 112, and 224 Mg ha–1 of heat-treated biosolids in 1976 (mean for six crop years) analyzed by linear regression standard error, or plateau regression 95% confidence intervals. Biosolids contained 13.4 mg Cd kg–1, 1330 mg Zn kg–1, and 83 g Fe kg–1 dry weight.