Table 2 Total concentrations of PAHs plants (ng/g dry wt.) in (sub)urban areas and in the vicinity of human (industrial) activities (after Bakker et al. 2000)
From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review
Location | Number of PAH’s | Plant | ∑PAH concentration in plant (ng g dry wt.) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Highway (S) | 16 | Lettuce | 17–90 | Larssen and Sahlberg (1982) |
Highway (CAN) | 17 | Onionsa, beeta, tomatoesa | 10–1,900b | Wang and Meresz (1982) |
Al smelter (S) | 16 | Lettuce | 320–920 | Larsen and Sahlberg (1982) |
Highway (S) | 16 | Kale | 500 (at 50 m)b 5,000(at 10 m)b | Brorström-Lunden and Skärby (1984) |
Busy city street (S) | 16 | Kale | 5,000(at 50 m)b 14,000(at 10 m)b | Brorström-Lunden and Skärby (1984) |
Urban (USA) | 10 | Pine | 800–1,600 | Simonich and Hites (1994) |
Urban (USA) | 10 | sugar maple | 500–1,100 | Simonich and Hites (1994) |
Urban (I) | 10 | Bay treea | 73–880 | Lodovici et al. (1994) |
Suburban (UK) | 16 | Pine | 20–3,100c | Tremolada et al. (1996) |
Suburban (USA) | 18 | Maple | 510 ± 100 | Wagrowski and Hites (1997) |
Urban (USA) | 18 | Maple | 1600 ± 210 | Wagrowski and Hites (1997) |
Urban (RBD) | 13 | Kale | 1,000–5,000 | Franzaring (1997) |
Urban (UK) | 16 | Grass | 153 ± 8 | Meharg et a.l (1998) |
Polyprop.fire (UK) | 16 | Grass | 2,400d | Meharg et al. (1998) |
Industrial (GR) | 16 | Various vegetablesa | 25–239 | Kipopoulou et al. (1999) |