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

Table 7

Concentration of chromium (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	10.002 ± 0.0003	1.676 ± 0.0007	1.676 ± 0.0003
West	6.673 ± 0.0009	6.673 ± 0.0006	3.331 ± 0.0006
North	Res	Res	1.67 ± 0.0067
South	10.005 ± 0.0006	8.339 ± 0.0002	6.67 ± 0.0058

refers to residential area.