Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminants in Soil: 5 (Chapman & Hall Ecotoxicology Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412759004 ISBN 13: 9780412759000

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

Many industrialized and developing countries are faced with the assessment of potential risks associated with contaminated land. A variety of human activities have left their impacts on soils in the form of elevated and locally high concentrations of potential toxicants. In several cases sources have not yet been stopped and contamination continues. Decisions on the management of contaminated sites and on the regulation of chemicals in the terrestrial environment require information on the extent to which toxicants adversely affect the life support function of soils. Ecological insights into the soil as an ecosystem may support such decisions. This book reviews the latest ecological principles that should be considered in this respect.

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`This text will be a valuable reference for those in this field of research, and its sponsors.'
Biologist

Synopsis

As the discipline of ecotoxicology grows and develops, the concepts and data used are proving increasingly useful in improving the quality of risk assessment of soil pollution by professional scientists in a regulation context as well as in research. This volume illustrates how strengthening scientific basis for the ecotoxicological approach is helping substantially in environmental policy decision making. This book should be of interest to ecotoxicologists, pollution control managers, soil scientists, environmental scientists, toxicologists, applied ecologists and agriculturalists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412759004
• ISBN 13: 9780412759000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Van Straalen N.M., Løkke Hans