Table 7.
Sum of the 16 PAH compounds in soils
| Sampling site characteristics | Sum of 16 PAH (μg/kg [dry matter]) | Soil | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Industrial area (Motelay-Massei et al. 2004) | 5,650 | Urban soil |
| 2. | Bangkok City, Thailand (mean value n = 30) (Wilcke et al. 1999) | 129.2 | Hydromorphic (0–5 cm) |
| 3. | University of Bonn experimental field (Atanassova and Brummer 2004) | 200 | Hydromorphic (0–5 cm) |
| 4. | University of Bonn experimental field (Thiele and Brummer 2002) | 249.6 | Hydromorphic (0–5 cm) |
| 5. | Agriculture field, 10 m from road (Laskowski et al. 2005) | 1,241–15,485 | Arable soil (0–20 cm) |
| 6. | Hangzhou City, China (Chen et al. 2004) | 59.7–615.8 | Urban soil (0–5 cm) |
| 7. | Nonpolluted arable soil (Mazur et al. 2006) | 63.3 | Arable soil (0–25 cm) |
| 8. | Nonpolluted arable soil (Oleszczuk et al. 2007) | 17.5 | Sandy loam |
| 9. | Brazilian savanna (Wilcke et al. 2004) | 7,030 | Mineral soil |
| 10. | Floodplain terrace of Moselle River (Yang et al. 2008) | 24,700 | Alluvial soil |