This is the original table published with RAND's A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses, Volume 6 Oil Well Fires. It was replaced on GulfLINK by a corrected table on November 21, 2005.
Table 3.5
Concentration of Elements Associated with PM in the Ambient Air
(ng/m3)a
| United States | ||||
| Elements | Urban | Rural | Remote | Camp Thunderock (August 1991) |
| Arsenic | 2-2,300 | 1-28 | 0.007-1.9 | 4.25 |
| Cadmium | 0.2-7,000 | 0.4-1000 | 0.003-1.1 | 4.30 |
| Chromium III | 2.2-124 | 1.1-44 | 0.005-11.2 | 44.0 |
| Iron | 130-13,800 | 55-14,530 | 0.62-4160 | 8390 |
| Nickel | 1-328 | 0.6-78 | 0.01-60 | 136.0b |
| Lead | 0.007-64 | 2-1700 | 30-96,270 | 587.0 |
| Vanadium | 0.4-1460 | 2.7-97 | 0.001-14 | 38.8 |
| Zinc | 15-8328 | 11-403 | 0.03-460 | 107.0 |