Variation in soil quality criteria for trace elements to protect human health exposure and effects estimation

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the variation among jurisdictions in soil quality standard (SQS) for the protection of human health, with the objective of understanding how these variations might be rationally harmonized. An SQS for the protection of human health typically varies with land use, as the relative contribution of each of the human exposure pathways (inhalation, soil ingestion, and food chain exposure) to trace elements (TEs) also varies with land use. While human health risk assessment is typically considered to be much simpler than ecological risk assessment because there is only 1 species to protect, there are various human health endpoints to be protected. For some TEs, there are important endpoints for each of the exposure pathways (inhalation, ingestion) so the SQS depends on the lowest exposure that reaches a critical value. Thus the endpoint and SQS can vary with land use, as this influences the type of exposure

Meeting minutes: Interim Report on”Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals” in the framework of the European Environment and Health Strategy

[Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals, Warsaw, 6-7 Oct 2003. Report to DG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Project, drafting groups and actions followed by draft Mandate: Interim Report on ”Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals” in the framework of the European Environment and Health Strategy

2 reports ;[Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals, Warsaw, 6-7 Oct 2003. Reports toDG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals

[Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; Subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals. Dec. 2003. Draft Appendix1: Information received from members of the Technical Working Group, 128pp. Report to DG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Draft Baseline Report on Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals: Draft Interim report

in the framework of the European Environment and Health Strategy. [Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; Subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals; Report to DG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Draft Baseline Report on Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals: Executive Summary

in the framework of the European Environment and Health Strategy. [Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; Subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals. Report to DG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Draft Baseline Report on Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals

in the framework of the European Environment and Health Strategy. [Decision COM (2003) 338 final]. Editor: The Technical Working Group on Integrated Monitoring; Subgroup: Integrated Monitoring of Heavy Metals. Interim Report to DG ENV, Commission of the European Communities.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe