Table 5.
BaPeq profiles in soils collected from various types of sampling sites in El Paso, Texas, expressed in µg kg−1 (dry weight)
| PAH | BaPeq (µg kg−1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEFsa | Industrial | Recreational | Urban | Agricultural | Remote | School | |
| Acenaphthene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Acenaphthylene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Anthracene | 0.010 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0.0 10 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.00 | NDb | ND | 0.04 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1.000 | 30.70 | 5.49 | 2.82 | ND | 19.04 | 1.86 |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0.100 | 3.31 | 1.02 | 0.06 | ND | ND | 0.16 |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0.010 | 0.22 | 0.00 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0.100 | 3.36 | 0.48 | 0.06 | ND | ND | 0.23 |
| Chrysene | 0.010 | 0.59 | 0.25 | 0.03 | ND | ND | 0.13 |
| Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene | 1.000 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Flouranthene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Flourene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0.100 | 0.56 | 0.06 | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Naphthalene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Phenanthrene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pyrene | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ∑16PAHs | 38.98 | 7.51 | 3.05 | 0.00 | 19.05 | 2.49 | |
| ∑7carcPAHs | 38.75 | 7.31 | 2.97 | 0.00 | 19.04 | 2.37 | |
a
Values adopted from Ref. [39].
b
ND: not detected.