Human Bioaccessibility of Heavy Metals and PAH from Soil
Contaminant
Bioavailability
test type
Number of
sites
Relative
bioavailability
employed
(%)
Enforced
cleanup level
(mg/kg)
in vivo, swine or
monkey
3
<2
18
42
>1.800
250
100
in vitro and
speciation
2
10
25
60
68
Arsenic
literature
1
80
230
Cadmium
in vivo, rat, and
speciation
1
33
100
Lead
in vivo
4
40
24
30
58
925
1.200
650
800
PAH
in vivo, mouse
1
18
increased
literature
2
29
increased
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