WHO | Lead exposure from soil in Peruvian mining towns: a ...
Only 4 of the 47 samples (8.5%) had a lead concentration above 1200 mg/kg and the maximum was 2300 mg/kg. The high lead concentrations were all observed along a road and in cultivated fields within 200 m of the perimeter of the plant. The lead concentration in soil at most other locations within that distance was less than 400 mg/kg. Fig. 3.