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. 2010 Jan 11;44(3):894–900. doi: 10.1021/es902533r

Table 2. Concentrations of Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), Sum of 16 Parent PAH (T-PAH), and Sum of the Seven B2 PAH Measured in Settled House Dust (SHD) and in Dust from the Associated Parking Lota.

    BaP (μg/g)
T-PAH (μg/g)
B2 PAH (μg/g)
pavement surface type parking lot designation SHD parking lot SHD parking lot SHD parking lot
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 3.42 149 44.5 2300 21.8 1050
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 15.2 671 191 10 300 94.1 4230
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 10.9 305 152 5070 70.3 2040
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 4.04 131 54.6 2010 29.4 1110
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 14.3 36.7 214 591 104 282
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 1.21 26.8 19.6 387 8.62 191
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 1.41 21.4 26.4 405 18.2 166
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 7.33 518 137 11 300 53.8 4020
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 4.50 285 64.3 4760 30.1 2080
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 4.44 555 129 8900 47.0 3940
coal-tar-sealcoated asphalt CT 24.2 511 335 6960 156 3330
unsealed concrete NCT 0.15 1.05 1.94 15.1 0.98 7.51
unsealed asphalt NCT 1.36 2.97 18.3 48.7 9.35 20.1
asphalt-sealcoated asphalt NCT 3.91 0.60 43.0 10.9 22.2 5.36
asphalt-sealcoated asphalt NCT 0.58 0.30 6.05 4.43 3.17 2.36
unsealed asphalt NCT 1.50 0.50 22.2 5.89 8.54 2.96
unsealed asphalt NCT 2.05 3.36 27.1 42.0 11.7 22.1
unsealed concrete NCT 12.4 0.49 194 7.79 85.8 3.60
unsealed asphalt NCT 0.06 0.14 1.04 2.28 0.45 1.19
unsealed asphalt NCT 0.26 0.19 4.12 3.32 1.81 1.43
unsealed asphalt NCT 0.23 1.35 3.81 17.4 1.68 8.76
asphalt-sealcoated asphalt NCT 0.30 0.56 4.11 10.2 2.27 5.20
unsealed asphalt NCT 0.25 0.06 3.32 1.10 1.58 0.42
a

CT, apartment complex has a coal-tar-sealcoated parking lot; NCT, apartment complex does not have a coal-tar-sealcoated parking lot.