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. 2016 Jan 8;124(9):1471–1478. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1510145

Table 1.

Pre- and postremediation soil Pb concentrations and range of residential compounds, common areas, and ponds.

Village Remediation phase No. of cpds tested No. of cpds remediated No. of CAs remediated No. of ponds remediated Preremediation mean Pb conc (range) of cpds tested (mg/kg) Postremediation mean Pb conc (range) of cpds tested (mg/kg) % of conc reduction
Dareta I 94 85 13 4 3,436 (40–35,380) 83 (25–252) 98
Yargalma I 66 63 11 3 4,143 (83–23,296) 179 (25–400) 96
Phase I total 160 148 24 7 3,728 123 97
Abare II 96 74 20 0 1,343 (43–18,921) 90 (25–400) 93
Tungar Guru II 38 31 6 1 874 (85–4,446) 83 (23–321) 91
Sunke II 93 83 38 10 1,119 (19–9,688) 106 (25–400) 91
Tungar Daji II 78 75 31 10 780 (59–4,952) 72 (25–235) 91
Duza II 57 57 8 2 300 (24–1,779) 70 (25–209) 77
Phase II total 362 320 103 23 951 86 91
Bagega III 423 352 54 1 670 (18–20,748) 90 (13–400) 87
Phase I, II, and III total 944 820 181 31 1,311 94 89
Abbreviations: CAs, common areas; conc, concentrations; cpds, residential compounds; Pb, lead.