Review Article

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

Table 4

Trace element concentration in (a) air and (b) water phases affected by industrial activities.
(a) Air phase

OrderIndustry typeIndustry group Short nameaISIC industry codeaLocationTrace element concentrations (ng m−3)Reference
CityCountryPbZnMnNiCuCrFeCdAs

1Petrochemical C E + P E 061TarragonaSpain1.224.702.190.050.12[25]
2Petrochemical061Rio de JaneiroBrazil8.9025.11.5012.115.90.30[47]
3Chemical and petrochemical061, 201Rio de JaneiroBrazil15.9212416.02.1022.02.407750.40[48]
4Chemical201TarragonaSpain3.208.502.190.230.69[25]

5Machinery, metallurgical, petrochemistry, pulp and paper, textile131, 170, 241, 242, 281,SihwaRrpublic of Korea32165716169.612037.107.70[49]
6Textile, metallurgical, paper131, 241, 242, 281,BanwolRrpublic of Korea346127286.321.012186.306.30[49]
7Metal recycling, steel production241, 242PohangRrpublic of Korea93.838924523.954231.95[50]
8Ceramic, paper products, petrochemicalNDb061, 170, 239OndaSpain1642037.003.00432[40]
9Oil refineries, cement, shipyards, steel192, 239, 241, 301ElefsinaGreece71.121.114.53.70[51]
10Oil refineries, steel mill
Ferrous and non-ferrous metal
192, 241CapanaArgentina70.636.921.22.835520.272.76[44]
11manufacturing, fertilizer production, manganese ore treatment, scrap, metal incineration, oil refining192, 201, 241, 242ThessalonikiGreece14083084.059.07.502.703.60[17]

aRefer to Table 2.
bNO—not defined due to the complexity of industry types.
(b) Water phase

PhaseIndustry typeIndustry group short nameaISIC industryLocationTrace element concentration (mg L−1)Reference
codeaCityCountryPbZnMnNiCuCrFeCdAs

1Brewery110IbadanNigeria0.330.040.600.010.18[52]
2BreweryBE110BeninNigeria0.170.030.460.010.38[52]
3Brewery110LagosNigeria0.220.540.020.15[52]
4Brewery110IbadanNigeria0.192.400.360.210.11[53]

5TanneryLE151PeshawarPakistan0.080.130.0870.090.140.014[30]
6Tannery151HaridwarIndia0.020.930.840.007[41]

7TextileTE131,139KadunaNigeria0.311.181.162.14[54]
8Textile131,139HaridwarIndia0.70.052.95[41]

aRefer to Table 1.