Are Soil Pollution Risks Established by Governments the Same as Actual Risks?

Though soil pollution policies in North America and the European Union increasingly use risk-based standards, the construction and application of such standards are often deficient in taking account of actual risks. Standards refer to total concentrations of substances and not to the biologically av...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: L. Reijnders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/237038