Soil Quality Criteria for Environmental Pollutants

摘要: The assessment of soil quality regarding chemical pollution has been mainly covered through the development standards (SQSs). quality, measured in terms level or degree contamination, is assessed by comparing concentration relevant pollutants and threshold values established for each group chemicals. SQSs are nowadays developed using adapted risk methodologies. process includes three main components: exposure assessment, effects characterization. determines different potentially exposed organisms, named as ‘the receptors,’ to chemicals concern all possible routes. environmental effect toxicological profile substance a set selected organisms representing receptors, extrapolates information setting where concentrations not expected produce adverse effects. Usually, characterization final phase process, data from assessments compared determine actual organisms. For setting, applied way, it used determining (soil concentration) associated with preestablished risk, instead risk. Currently, criteria targeted including biological tools together substance-specific SQSs. Thus, toxicity assays performed samples taken site biomonitoring combined analyses This article presents protection ecosystems use complementary method assessing quality.