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Table 1 Concentrations of individual PAHs in the air, water, and olive oil samples analyzed in this study

From: Ancient water bottle use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among California Indians: a prehistoric health risk assessment

Compound

Air (μg/m3)

Water (ng/L)

Olive oil (μg/kg)

1 h

2 months

blank

2 days

2 weeks

2 months

Acenaphthene

1.7

37 ± 11

<0.93

1.6

4.6

7.9

Acenaphthylene

1.3

873 ± 262

<1.6

20

45

77

Anthracene

0.72

49 ± 15

3.4

9.4

9.8

25

Benzo[a]anthracene

<0.67

<0.010

2.4

6.3

6.6

12

Benzo[a]pyrene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.28

4.4

3

8

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.6

3

4

7.8

Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.47

2.2

3

16

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.5

2

2.4

5.3

Chrysene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.79

3.2

7.9

13

Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.34

1.6

<0.79

<0.73

Fluoranthene

1.6

74 ± 22

<2.3

16

26

36

Fluorene

1.7

124 ± 37

<2.6

15

37

140

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

<0.67

<0.010

<0.031

<0.47

<0.66

5.7

Naphthalene

4.4

206 ± 62

<12

21

31

67

Phenanthrene

4.2

281 ± 84

13

35

66

80

Pyrene

<0.67

70 ± 21

2.3

21

37

71

2-Methylnaphthalenea

9.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Aliphatic C16-C35

n/a

13 ± 4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. aNot one of the 16 priority PAHs identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)