Human Bioaccessibility of Heavy Metals and PAH from Soil

Compound Species Bioaccessibility (%) Comment Stomach Stomach and intestine Arsenic generally not specified 10-50 10-50 - Cadmium generally not specified 50-100 10-80 data material small Cr(III) 1-20 1-20 Chromium Cr(VI) 20-100 20-100 data material small, Cr(VI) data may be biased by reduction in tests Copper generally not specified (10-90) (10-90) data material insufficient Nickel generally not specified (10-90) (10-90) data material insufficient Lead generally not specified 10-90 0,1-10 - Zink generally not specified (5-50) (5-50) data material insufficient PAH does not apply (10-90) (10-90) data material insufficient