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