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1 nd-15 (n=4)<br />

coast<br />

Ground Switzerland, aquifer contaminated<br />

200-300 (r) Giger & Schaffner (1981)<br />

water by leachate from a chemical waste<br />

d<strong>is</strong>posal site<br />

a nd = not detectable; r = range of individual values; r,m = range<br />

of mean values; m = mean; n = number of samples;<br />

x percentile = x percent of samples with values up to that<br />

given<br />

Table 5. Levels of hexachlorobutadiene in soil and sediment<br />

Type of soil Year Location<br />

Levels determined a Reference<br />

or sediment<br />

(µg/kg)<br />

Soil, vineyards infected with<br />

Phylloxera < 7300 (8 mo) Vorobyeva (1980)<br />

agricultural and treated at 250 kg/ha<br />

< 2990 (32 mo)<br />

Soil 1975 USA, 9 sites with chemical<br />

nd-980 000 (r) b Li et al. (1976)<br />

industries, on plant property<br />

idem, off plant property<br />

nd-110 (r) b<br />

Sediment 1975 idem, on plant property<br />

nd-33 000 (r) b Li et al. (1976)<br />

nd-40 (r) b<br />

idem, off plant property<br />

Sediment, United Kingdom, Liverpool Bay<br />

< 1 (n=110) Pearson & McConnell<br />

marine<br />

> 1 (n=30) (1975)<br />

Sediment, Canada, Niagara Falls<br />

18 Oliver & Nicol (1982)<br />

river/lake<br />

Sediment, 1980 Canada, Lake Ontario<br />

nd (n=9) Kaminsky et al. (1983)<br />

lake<br />

trace (n=3)<br />

8.7 (n=1)

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