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
(in parentheses)
Concentrationa
Referenceb
Thermal waters, worldwide (20-3,800)
Max. 276,000
RAIN (ug/l)
Canada (0.01-5)
Rhode Island 0.8
Seattle, Washington 17
RIVER WATER (ug/1)
Polluted, USA Max. 6,000
Nonpolluted, USA Usually <5
Nationwide, USA, 1974-
1981
25th percentile <1
50th percentile 1
75th percentile 3
ROCK (mg/kg)
Limestones 1.7 (0.1-20)
Sandstones 2 (0.6-120)
Shales and clays 14.5 (0.3-490)
Phosphates 22.6 (0.4-188)
Igneous, various 1.5-3 (0.06-113)
SEAWATER (ug/1)
Worldwide 2 (0.15-6)
Pacific Ocean (1.4-1.8)
Atlantic Ocean (1.0-1.5)
South Australia
ToW dissolved As 1.3 (1.1-1.6)
As
+3
A 1.29
s 0.03
Particulate As <0.0006
1,2,3,9
1
1
4
4
10
10
10
1
1
1
1
1
6
11
11
12
12
12
12
17