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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 May 27;23(17):17511–17524. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6896-6

Table 4.

Contamination factor, degree of contamination and pollution load index obtained for soil and dust samples from e-waste exposed area

Sampling Point (SP)		Contamination factor				Degree (Cd)	PLI
Sampling Point (SP)		Pb	Cd	Cr	Mn	Degree (Cd)	PLI
Soil
1	E-waste Market front	1.025	0.827	0.789	2.834	5.475	1.173
2	E-waste Market back	24.172	17.242	1.296	2.622	45.322	6.135
3	Farm field	1.203	1.398	0.453	0.632	3.686	0.833
4	Residential area 1	2.203	3.853	1.450	1.190	8.696	1.956
5	Residential area 2	2.926	9.500	1.336	0.842	14.604	2.365
6	Residential area 3	5.718	8.608	1.468	0.785	16.579	2.744
7	Residential area 4	1.714	2.575	0.798	0.895	5.982	1.332
8	Residential area 5	5.946	13.759	6.733	1.052	27.490	4.906
9	Residential area 6	1.519	3.375	1.108	0.795	6.797	1.458
10	Kindergarten compound	0.918	1.385	0.445	0.641	3.389	0.776
11	Area back of kindergarten	1.436	2.475	0.915	0.315	5.141	1.006
Overall Exposed area		4.435	5.917	1.531	1.146	13.029	2.605
Road dust
1	E-waste Market front	4.006	1.310	0.219	0.727	6.262	0.836
2	E-waste Market back	18.952	3.023	0.510	2.272	24.757	2.854
3	Farm field	12.767	1.130	0.983	1.005	15.885	1.326
4	Residential area 1	2.932	1.130	1.115	1.359	6.536	1.497
5	Residential area 2	3.069	1.170	1.167	0.800	6.206	1.353
6	Residential area 3	1.312	1.138	0.611	0.810	3.871	0.927
7	Residential area 4	2.098	1.461	1.038	0.764	5.361	1.249
8	Residential area 5	2.407	1.956	0.738	0.913	6.014	1.335
9	Residential area 6	3.140	1.527	1.312	3.728	9.707	2.201
10	Kindergarten compound	2.468	1.592	0.464	0.580	5.104	1.014
11	Area back of kindergarten	2.962	1.885	0.824	0.855	6.526	1.408
Overall Exposed area		5.101	1.577	0.816	1.256	8.750	1.695