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. 2023 Jan 20;195(2):312. doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-10932-4

Table 3.

Soil contamination factor (CF) for various sample sources

Spoil type Potentially toxic elements (mg/kg)
Cd As Pb Hg Fe Zn Al
FS 0.5 0.9 0.1 1.4c 0.3 0.3 0.1
UrS 47.5a 41.6a 0.7 37.9a 1.6c 3.2b 0.3
OxS 50.2a 38.3a 0.7 22.1a 2.3c 2.5c 1.0c
AvS 13.9a 1.4c 0.2 13.5a 0.7 0.3 0.7

aVery high contamination

bConsiderable contamination

cModerate contamination