Serial No. | Sample Sourcec | Arsenic (mgkg−1)a (n = 5) | RSDb (%) |
S1 | Fertilizer Industrial soil (T.S.P. Complex, Chittagong) | 25.15 | 1.5 |
S2c | Glass Industrial soil (PHP glass) | 7.20 | 1.8 |
S3 | Steel Industrial soil (Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Ltd., Chittagong, Bangladesh) | 3.82 | 1.3 |
S4 | Paint Industry soil (Berger paint) | 3.75 | 1.5 |
S5 | Paint Industry soil (Elite paint) | 2.55 | 1.3 |
S6 | Industrial soil (Eastern Cables Ltd) | 0.85 | 1.2 |
S7 | Agricultural soil (Chittagong University Campus) | 0.29 | 0.5 |
S8 | Marine soil (sediments) (Bay of Bengal) | 0.25 | 0.05 |
S9 | Road side soil (Chittagong to Dhaka) | 1.55 | 0.5 |
S10 | Pharmaceutical soil (Glaxo Smith Kline) | 1.85 | 1.0 |