Impact of Brick Kilns’ Emission on Soil Quality of Agriculture Fields in the Vicinity of Selected Bhaktapur Area of Nepal

Table 6

Concentration of lead (mg/kg) in soil as influenced by distance from brick kiln chimney.

Direction with respect to	Distance from brick kiln (meters)
Brick kiln	50	100	150
East	8.18 ± 0.0058	8.18 ± 0.0115	5.45 ± 0.0153
West	11.82 ± 0.0115	8.18 ± 0.0088	7.27 ± 0.000
North	Res	Res	5.45 ± 0.0058
South	9.09 ± 0.0058	8.18 ± 0.015	10 ± 1.000

refers to residential area.