Metal Content in Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Leaves: Influence of Vehicular Traffic and Safety upon Consumption as Food

Table 4

Metal concentrations (mg/kg) in soil samples.

Sample	Cd	Cr	Cu	Fe	Mn	Pb	Zn
1A	0.15	77.5	18.9	26,821	717	23.8	82.4
1B	0.15	77.7	19.9	25,456	542	17.8	84.3
1C	0.13	71.0	23.1	24,914	527	16.8	85.7
2A	0.29	90.4	31.3	38,073	1063	27.7	131
2B	0.28	81.1	30.0	34,416	997	26.2	146
2C	0.28	83.7	31.6	36,384	1009	26.4	119
3A	0.12	126	38.5	33,043	772	19.1	110
3B	0.13	131	42.9	32,417	802	18.8	108
3C	0.14	105	23.7	31,603	741	17.1	96.4
4A	0.17	54.7	9.55	24,291	445	16.3	93.5
4B	0.14	58.3	10.0	24,744	475	17.2	66.2
4C	0.14	53.4	1.60	23,033	427	15.8	63.3
5A	0.23	72.5	20.4	18,101	547	27.7	89.9
5B	0.26	55.4	22.5	26,612	693	25.1	94.0
5C	0.23	49.4	8.59	25,751	660	22.9	91.8
6A	0.31	67.5	12.4	27,435	710	28.9	84.6
6B	0.34	69.6	22.8	29,762	915	26.0	87.7
6C	0.30	67.1	6.18	26,548	742	14.9	84.4
7A	0.13	76.5	19.9	13,485	269	35.2	80.4
7B	0.21	122	83.6	23,040	521	20.4	93.2
7C	0.20	64.1	27.7	17,917	471	16.7	81.9
8A	0.17	59.1	25.8	17,937	588	27.9	70.9
8B	0.25	78.1	70.7	21,066	516	21.3	95.5
8C	0.18	86.2	86.0	22,723	555	16.0	99.3
9A	0.21	76.0	39.8	15,848	366	18.0	90.5
9B	0.23	85.1	74.0	20,491	485	23.0	90.1
9C	0.21	56.6	16.1	16,702	440	19.3	68.5
10A	0.31	71.6	61.1	18,932	506	19.2	92.7
10B	0.33	79.3	80.5	21,141	470	19.6	100.6
10C	0.22	63.4	20.5	19,013	450	16.4	74.5
11A	0.22	81.6	57.2	20,745	492	24.8	93.4
11B	0.20	75.3	72.6	19,993	468	19.9	94.0
11C	0.16	59.8	22.8	17,572	458	15.2	59.3
12A	0.20	76.6	76.0	20,372	477	20.6	82.0
12B	0.19	67.0	32.6	12,987	271	94.2	142
12C	0.21	68.7	37.9	18,384	536	24.2	84.2
13	1.21	41.6	8.47	24,110	525	110	74.7