| Title: |
Guidance on the use of soil screening values in ecological risk assessment
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| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2008 |
| Availability: |
Science report SC070009/SR2b
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Environment Agency
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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| Size: (e.g. 20mb) |
7
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Ecological
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Risk assessment overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Tools and procedures
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| Short description: |
Soil screening values (SSVs) are concentrations of chemical substances found in soils
below which there are not expected to be any adverse effects on wildlife such as birds,
mammals, plants and soil invertebrates, or on the microbial functioning of soils.
If concentrations of a chemical are found above an SSV, this should prompt further
investigation to examine whether there are any ecological risks. SSVs are important
tools in Tier 1 of the Environment Agency’s Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA)
framework for soil contamination, which can be used to support determinations under
Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and impact assessments under the
Habitats Directive.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 16/10/2008
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