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Table 2 Normal contents, threshold and intervention threshold values for heavy metals in Romanian legislation (mgkg -1 )

From: Application of principal component analysis in the pollution assessment with heavy metals of vegetable food chain in the old mining areas

Soil samples under

Fe

Mn

Zn

Cu

Ni

Cd

Pb

Normal contents (NC)

-

900

100

20

20

1

20

Alert threshold values (ATV)

-

1500

300

100

75

3

50

Intervention threshold values (ITV)

-

2500

600

200

150

5

100