Abstract:It is well known that small-scale metal smelting industry leads to heavy PAHs pollution. However, little information is available on PAHs concentrations and distribution in various environmental elements around the smelting industry and its risk to local people. A field study was performed to determine the PAHs concentrations in different environmental elements, such as air (n=6), surface water (n=5), paddy soil (n=9), and rice (n=5) in 5 villages, located in a town of the eastern China, where still exist...