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Table 3 (continued)

Examples of concen-
tration levels in envi-
ronmental samples Sample type Sampling site Analytes Unit Literature cited

1 2 3 4 5 6

Fungi Germany Pt 5.9 ± 0.6 ng g −1 Djingova et al.

2003 Pd 0.2 ± 0.1

Rh 0.5 ± 0.1

Ru 0.25 ± 0.05

Ir <0.004

Darnel ryegrass
(annual)

4.6-5.8

0.10 ± 03

2.1-2.2

0.4-0.6

0.1-0.2

Moss 30 ± 2

2.4 ± 0.3

5.4 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.1

0.10 ± 0.03

Tree bark Great Britain Pt 0.1-5.4

(mean = 1.5)

ng g −1 Becker et al. 2000

Pd 1.6-3.2

(mean = 2.1)

Rh <0.05-1.8

Urine Germany Pt 6.5 creatinine

units (mean)

ng g −1 Schierl 2000

Crustacean
tissue
( Asellus
aquaticus )

Sweden Pt 0.04-12.4 direct

measurement

mg g −1 Rauch and

Morrison 1999

0.16-4.5
measurement
on sample
washed for
24 hr

Eel liver Germany Pd 0.18 ± 0.05

individual
living in water
polluted
with street
dust (10 kg
dust/100
L water)

ng g −1
wtwt

Sures et al. 2001

Sediments
from road
runoff

Australia Pt 9.03-103.80 ng g −1 Whiteley and

Murray 2005

Pd 5.41-61.2

Rh 1.59-17.16

Riverine
sediments
from road
runoff

Great Britain Pt <0.29-4.42 ng g −1 De Vos et al. 2002

Pd 0.08-5.71

Rh <0.11-0.26

Ru <0.15-3.73

Ir <0.03-2.69

(continued)