Database - United Nations in Bangladesh

Land and Agriculture 17
Table 1.2.16 Arsenic Concentrations (mg/kg) of Different Layers of Srinagar, Paddy Field Soil Samples (2 nd sampling)
Location and Date
Paddy Field ID
1 st Layer 2 nd Layer 3 rd Layer 4 th Layer
(0-75 mm) (75-150 mm) (150-300 mm) (300-450 mm)
1 25.91 11.36 6.12 5.53
Srinagar, 2 36.45 47.60 14.82 8.74
3 10.99 11.21 8.62 6.51
Munshiganj 4 36.26 45.00 20.31 12.321
6 24.87 25.62 10.83 6.02
2 nd Sampling 7 12.75 11.93 7.43 5.98
8 13.12 14.30 7.45 5.16
(22/06/2002) 9 19.43 22.19 18.74 18.04
Source: Masud (2003)
Table 1.2.17 Arsenic Concentrations (mg/kg) of Different Layers of Srinagar Paddy Field Soil Samples (3 rd sampling)
Location and Date
Paddy Field ID
1 st Layer 2 nd Layer 3 rd Layer 4 th Layer
(0-75 mm) (75-150 mm) (150-300 mm) (300-450 mm)
Srinagar, 1 13.28 9.03 8.03 7.73
Munshiganj 2 21.93 16.71 9.20 8.57
3 rd Sampling 4 22.27 23.31 9.40 8.56
(26/11/2002) 6 9.74 13.16 8.83 7.58
9 12.47 12.67 7.50 6.91
Source: Masud (2003)
Table 1.2.18 Arsenic Concentrations of Different Parts of Srinagar Paddy Samples
Field ID
Grain Husk Stem Leaf Root
(mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg)
2 0.47 1.75 8.05 7.15 16.75
3 1.04 1.18 2.02 4.02 14.62
5 1.52 1.86 1.96 3.29 6.02
6 0.03 0.01 0.72 1.38 6.09
7 0.45 1.14 1.33 1.40 4.52
8 0.26 0.53 1.21 1.86 12.98
9 0.03 0.24 0.27 0.90 12.10
10 0.33 1.09 1.32 2.58 4.57
11 0.21 0.30 0.46 0.89 2.81
Source: Masud (2003)