Current Status of Trace Metal Pollution in Soils Affected by Industrial Activities

Table 3

Summary of trace element concentrations in soils affected by diverse industrial activities.

Order	Industry type	Industry group short name^a	ISIC industry code^a	Location		Trace element concentration (mg kg^−1)									Reference
				City	Country	Pb	Zn	Mn	Ni	Cn	Cr	Fe	Cd	As
1	Iron smelter		241	Kremikovtzi	Bulgaria	—	—	—	111	61.8	—	—	2.10	—	[15]
2	Pb and Zn smelter		242	Zhuzhou	China	472	907	—	—	77.0	—	—	11.9	38.0	[28]
3	Zn Smelter		242	Celje	Slovenia	865	230	—	49.0	708	—	—	289	37.0	[21]
4	Smelter		241, 242	Wales	UK	136	183	—	—	92.0	—	—	4.9	—	[22]
5	Smelter		241, 242	Reppel-Bocholt	Belgium	899	137	246	94.0	801	—	—	12.0	—	[14]
6	Smelter		241, 242	Kosovska Mitrovica	Kosovo	973	560	—	214	56.2	418	—	7.2	87.1	[16]
7	Metal industry		241, 242	Potenza	Italy	87.7	62.8	—	—	26.1	—	—	1.31	18.3	[18]
8	Metal industry		241, 242	Annaba	Algeria	53.1	67.5	355	—	39.0	30.9	—	0.44	—	[12]
9	Metal industry	ME+MI	241, 242	Karak ind. Estate (S)	Jordan	15.7	4.9	—	3.70	1.60	—	23.4	—	—	[29]
10	Copper smelter, steel industry		241, 242	Port Kembla	Australia	20	42.0	—	—	49.0	12.0	—	—	3.20	[33]
11	Metal recycling, steel production		241, 242	Murcia	Spain	18.3	21.8	229	17.7	7.40	19.4	—	0.20	—	[37]
12	Ferrous and non-ferrous metal smelters, iron and steel manufacturing, metal recovery, manganese ore treatment, scrap, metal incineration		241, 242	Thessaloniki	Greece	24.2	68.3	443	—	26.8	98.7	37.1	0.22	36.1	[17]
13	Copper mines		072	Canchaque	Peru	156	235	714	801	—	—	—	183	279	[20]
14	Smelters, mining		071, 072, 241, 242	Elbasan	Albania	80	61.0	—	447	14.0	491	—	3.00	—	[11]
15	Smelters, mining		071, 072, 241, 242	Rubik	Albania	135	250	—	66.0	111	256	—	9.00	—	[11]
16	Smelters, mining		071, 072, 241, 242	Munelle	Albania	103	111	—	54.0	73.0	91.0	—	2.00	—	[11]
17	Smelters, mining		071, 072, 241, 242	Tharsis	Spain	85.0	92.0	654	—	47.0	—	—	—	37.0	[38]
18	Petrochemical		061	Tarragona	Spain	29.5	—	297	—	—	20.4	—	0.19	4.71	[25]
19	Petrochemical		061	Almowra	Spain	—	—	—	27.6	—	—	—	2.13	—	[39]
20	Petrochemical		061	Tarragona	Spain	36.3	—	—	—	—	13.8	—	0.21	5.50	[26]
21	Petrochemical	CE+PE	061	Catalonia	Spain	37.8	—	—	—	—	16.5	—	0.21	6.51	[40]
22	Chemical		201	Tarragona	Spain	24.5	—	248	—	—	14.8	—	0.17	6.87	[25]
23	Chemical		201	Valencia	Spain	22.2	—	—	—	—	17.5	—	0.16	6.24	[40]
24	Sulphuric acid-producing industry		201	Dhaka	Bangladesh	1.03	126	277	88.2	63.5	—	—	0.53	—	[23]
31	Textile industries	TE	131,139	Dhaka	Bangladesh	56.4	207	382	51.1	164	—	—	0.48	—	[23]
32	Textile industries		131,39	Haridwar	India	191	—	668	—	109	568	308	83.6	—	[41]
27	Tannery industries		151	Dhaka	Bangladesh	68.1	290	39.7	5.20	17.6	—	—	1.26	—	[23]
28	Tannery industries	LE	151	Haridwar	India	—	—	097	—	0.04	744	37.7	0.04	—	[41]
29	Tannery industries		151	Peshawar	Pakistan	4.66	2.38	5.29	—	—	29.9	18.0	0.60	—	[30]
30	Tannery industries		151	Damascus	Syria	17.0	103	—	39.0	34.0	57.0	—	—	—	[32]
33	Cement factory		239	Qadissiya	Jordan	55.0	45.0	204	39.0	2.90	22.2	—	5.00	—	[29]
25	Ceramic industries	NM	239	Dhaka	Bangladesh	28.6	287	217	50.1	38.4	—	—	0.33	—	[23]
26	Ceramic industries		239	Castellón	Spain	229	—	345	36.5	66.0	29.7	—	72.0	—	[42]
34	Battery manufacturing	BA	272	Baoji	China	268	169	—	39.3	62.3	100	—	—	—	[28]
35	Textile, plastic, furniture, industries		131, 201, 310	Thane-Belapur	India	—	191	—	184	105	521	—	—	—	[43]
36	Chemicals, dyes, textile, paint industries		131, 201, 202	Rajasthan	India	293	—	—	136	298	240	—	—	—	[43]
37	Paint, battery, textile, milling and chemical industries		131, 201, 272	Lagos	Nigeria	—	—	—	24.7	106	—	—	13.4	—	[44]
38	Ceramic, paper products, petrochemical industries		061, 170, 239	Belgrade	Serbia	37.7	103	—	66.6	40.0	—	—	—	—	[31]
39	Chemicals, pharmaceutical, batteries	ND	201, 210, 272	Hyderabad	India	65.0	313	—	45.0	193	433	—	0.70	33.0	[24]
40	Chemicals, furniture, printing, leather, textile		131, 151, 201, 310	Kayseri	Turkey	74.8	112	—	44.9	36.9	29.0	—	2.53	—	[27]
41	Brewery, steel/metal works, paints, pharmaceuticals, packaging, food processing, textiles and plastic products industries; Tannery, textile, fertilizer,		110, 131, 139, 201, 241	Lagos	Nigeria	143	247	283	17.0	25.6	26.6	—	2.90	—	[45]
42	rerolling and casting, chemicals paints plastics		131, 139, 151, 201, 241	Jajmau, Unnao	India	38.3	159.9	—	—	42.9	265	—	—	—	[46]

^aRefer to Table 2.
^bND—not defined due to the complexity of industry types.