7092

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7092
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Arsenic Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 1. (continued)
Material and units Concentrationa Referenceb
(in parentheses)
FOSSIL FUELS (mg/kg)
Coal
Canada 4 (0.3-100) 3
USA 5 2
Czechoslovakia Max. 1,500 2
Worldwide 13 (0.0-2,000) 1
Coal ash (<20-8,000) 3
Flyash (2.8-200) 3
Petroleum 0.2 3
Petroleum ash Max. 100,000 3
Automobile particulates 298 3
GROUNDWATER (ug/1)
Near polymetallic sulfide
deposits Max. 400,000 3
Near gold mining activities >50 2
USA Usually <10 2
USA 17.9 (0.01-800) 3
LAKE WATER (ug/1)
Dissolved solids
<2,000 mg/l (0.0-100) 6
>2,000 mg/l (0.0-2,000) 6
Lake Superior (0.1-1.6) 6
Japan, various (0.2-1.9) 6
Germany, Elbe River (20-25) 6
Searles Lake, California (198,000-243,000) 1,4
California, other lakes (0.0-100) 1,4
Michigan Max. 2.4 1,4
Wisconsin (4-117) 1,4
Florida Max. 3.6 1,4
Lake Chautauqua, New York (3.5-35.6) 1,4
Lake Ohakuri, New Zealand (30-60) 7
Finfeather Lake, Texas Max. 240,000 8
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