Ecological risk assessment of agricultural soils for the definition of soil screening values: A comparison between substance-based and matrix-based approaches

The Italian legislation on contaminated soils does not include the Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) and this deficiency has important consequences for the sustainable management of agricultural soils. The present research compares the results of two ERA procedures applied to agriculture (i) one base...

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Main Authors: Alberto Pivato, Maria Cristina Lavagnolo, Barbara Manachini, Stefano Vanin, Roberto Raga, Giovanni Beggio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016311094