Quantitative Analysis of Heavy Metals and Organic Compounds in Soil from Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain Dump, Lebanon

Table 5

Average concentrations (n = 3) of organic compounds in soil samples collected from Deir Kanoun dump and canal during winter and summer seasons. Contaminant concentrations are expressed in mg/kg.

Organic compound	Sample site
	D1		D2		D3		D4		C1	C2
	W	S	W	S	W	S	W	S	S	W	S
Di-n-butyl phthalate	6.25 ± 0.002	8.24 ± 0.003	—	1.27 ± 0.0003	2.13 ± 0.001	2.42 ± 0.001	—	—	1.23 ± 0.002	—	1.79 ± 0.003
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	12.59 ± 0.003	15.56 ± 0.004	8.96 ± 0.004	11.13 ± 0.002	3.3 ± 0.002	4.055 ± 0.003	—	1.84 ± 0.001	3.16 ± 0.002	—	5.04 ± 0.004
Bisphenol A	1.454 ± 0.0002	2.027 ± 0.001	0.888 ± 0.0002	1.23 ± 0.002	0.032 ± 0.0003	0.049 ± 0.0001	—	0.024 ± 0.0002	0.064 ± 0.0001	—	0.354 ± 0.0001
Benzo α-pyrene	—	—	—	—	0.022 ± 0.0002	—	0.012 ± 0.0005	—	—	0.075 ± 0.0003	—

(—) means not detectable.