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Table 1 The 16 priority PAH concentrations, ΣPAH, and BaP equivalents, in soil samples collected in Cold Lake, Alberta

From: Cancer risk to First Nations’ people from exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons near in-situ bitumen extraction in Cold Lake, Alberta

Sample #

 1

 2

 3

 4

 5

 6

 7

 8

 9

 10

 11

 12

 13

 14

 15

 16

 17

 18

Distance from nearest pad (km)

21.7

0.1

11.8

0.1

1.9

3.3

32

30.6

8.7

34

10.8

18.9

1.7

6.4

9.9

26

10.4

0.1

 

PAH Concentration (ng g-1)

  

Naphthalene

-

1.9

5.1

-

27.5

-

26.4

-

-

-

100.5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acenaphthylene

-

-

-

38.2

39.9

30.4

-

24.7

22.5

22.3

15.9

22.4

20.5

6.3

17.5

30.9

17.2

93.5

Acenaphthene

-

-

-

1.1

1.9

-

-

-

0.5

3.8

-

-

18.1

8.7

-

11

39.7

-

Fluorene

-

0.6

-

-

20.5

-

0.4

-

-

-

0.1

1

4.9

2.7

-

-

2.4

1.4

Phenanthrene

-

5.9

-

-

23.5

-

1.4

-

-

-

1.9

12.5

29.2

35.4

4.3

-

33.1

5.4

Anthracene

-

-

-

-

7.8

-

-

-

-

-

3.4

-

-

-

0.4

2

6.1

0.6

Fluoranthene

-

11.8

-

0.7

7.6

-

4.2

0.8

-

0.7

13.8

5.8

5.9

154.2

18.4

-

14

2

Pyrene

-

46.5

-

-

-

-

6.1

2

-

-

13.5

2.6

7

66.1

18.6

-

15.3

6.2

Benz[a]anthracene

-

4.4

-

-

-

-

0.6

-

-

0.6

5.2

0.6

-

5.3

9

-

3.8

0.1

Chrysene

0.7

122.1

0.3

1

4.3

0.7

5.2

1.1

-

2.7

10.8

6

6

33

19.8

-

8.1

1.2

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

0.6

46.2

-

0.9

-

0.4

1.7

-

-

1

10.5

2.9

3.5

52.9

25.3

-

8.6

3.3

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

-

11.8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.2

0.3

-

196.5

9.5

-

1.9

-

Benzo[a]pyrene

-

18.8

-

-

-

-

0.6

-

-

0.6

7.1

0.6

-

17.9

19.1

-

3.8

-

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

-

26.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.5

-

-

66.8

16.3

-

3.3

-

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene

-

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.3

-

-

-

Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

1.9

35.4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5.7

-

-

20.9

16.4

-

4.8

2.6

ΣPAH

3.2

339.6

5.4

41.9

133

31.5

46.6

28.6

23

31.7

199.1

54.7

95.1

666.7

176.9

43.9

162.1

116.3

BaP Equivalents

0.7

79.0

3.0E-03

1.3

0.6

0.7

2.4

0.3

0.2

1.5

19.7

3.5

3.8

99.8

50.7

0.3

13.8

4.3

  1. Detected concentrations in samples that were below the minimum detection limit had a value substituted with half the detection limit. Values that were not detected are assumed 0 and marked with a -.
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