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Table 7 Carcinogenic potency of the PAHs in the study area

From: Ecological risk assessment of the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils of the abandoned sections of Orji Mechanic Village, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

PAHs

No of Rings

TEQF

(PAHc × TEQF)

A

B

C

D

E

CN1

CN2

Nap

2

0.001

5.12E−05

7.03E−06

0.00

0.00

4.31E−06

3.88E−08

0.00

Apt

3

0.001

4.67E−06

5.65E−05

0.00

7.24E−05

8.56E−06

7.01E−09

0.00

Aph

3

0.001

4.98E−05

2.37E−05

2.43E−04

8.85E−06

3.30E−06

7.55E−07

4.27E−05

Flu

3

0.001

3.87E−05

2.38E−05

6.70E−05

1.93E−05

7.04E−06

4.17E−07

2.01E−06

Phe

3

0.001

1.41E−05

5.14E−05

3.45E−05

6.68E−06

2.98E−05

4.43E−06

8.60E−06

Ant

3

0.01

1.04E−04

1.77E−05

1.15E−04

7.33E−05

1.53E−05

7.82E−07

1.26E−04

Fla

4

0.001

1.29E−05

3.17E−05

3.72E−06

6.60E−06

1.57E−05

3.75E−07

1.53E−05

Pyr

4

0.001

6.87E−06

6.54E−06

4.46E−06

3.23E−06

3.19E−06

1.96E−07

5.39E−06

Ban

4

0.10

4.22E−03

4.19E−04

9.81E−04

4.82E−04

1.38E−04

6.97E−05

1.19E−04

Chy

4

0.01

1.25E−04

1.82E−04

1.06E−05

2.74E−05

1.12E−04

3.36E−05

5.90E−05

Bbf

5

0.10

1.81E−03

1.45E−03

2.56E−05

8.21E−04

6.44E−04

2.36E−04

8.15E−04

Bkf

5

0.10

2.51E−03

5.39E−04

3.09E−04

5.25E−04

2.01E−04

1.40E−04

6.96E−04

Indp

6

1.00

5.63E−02

3.22E−02

9.56E−03

5.42E−02

1.21E−02

6.91E−02

4.44E−02

Dbh

6

1.00

3.88E−01

7.85E−02

1.01E−01

9.64E−02

6.42E−02

1.39E−01

2.88E−01

BaPeq (mg/kg dm)

  

4.53E−01

1.14E−01

1.12E−01

1.53E−01

7.75E−02

2.09E−01

3.34E−01