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Table 3 Legal limit values and soil-specific ranges in Poland

From: Antioxidant activities in relation to the transport of heavy metals from the soil to different parts of Betula pendula (Roth.)

Metal

Limit values (mg/kg)

Ranges for Polish soils

[47]

Directive EU

86/278/EWG [46]

OME 2016 Poland [45]

sandy

silty

Cu

50–140

200

1–26

8–54

Zn

150–300

500

7–150

20,130

Cd

1–3

2

0,01–0,24

b.d

Pb

50–300

200

8,5–23,5

14,32

Cr

150

200

2–60

21–38

Ni

30–75

150

1–52

7–70