POP accumulation in the food chain: Integrated risk model for sewage sludge application in agricultural soils

Passuello, Ana; Mari, Montse; Nadal, Martí; Schuhmacher, Marta; Domingo, José L.

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2010.04.015

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“…Nevertheless, the main concerns on the risks of using residues on soil health are the presence of high levels of heavy metals and other organic or inorganic contaminants (Lara et al, 1999). Despite established criteria for application of residues in soil (e.g., USEPA, 1995;CONAMA, 2006), most of them are based on human health, whereas less attention has been given to the potential risks on soil health (Passuello et al, 2010).…”

Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Soils Amended With Residuesmentioning

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Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Cardoso¹,

Vasconcellos²,

Bini³

et al. 2013

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Soil Health refers to the ecological equilibrium and the functionality of a soil and its capacity to maintain a well balanced ecosystem with high biodiversity above and below surface, and productivity. To understand and use soil health as a tool for sustainability, physical, chemical, and biological properties must be employed to verify which respond to the soil use and management within a desired timescale. Attributes with a rapid response to natural or anthropogenic actions are considered good indicators of soil health. Among the physical indicators, soil texture, aggregation, moisture, porosity, and bulk density have been used, while among chemical indicators total C and N, mineral nutrients, organic matter, cation exchange capacity, among others are well established. However, most of them generally have a slow response, when compared to the biological ones, such as microbial biomass C and N, biodiversity, soil enzymes, soil respiration, etc., in addition to macro and mesofauna. Thus, a systemic approach based on different kinds of indicators (physical, chemical and biological) in assessing soil health would be safer than using only one kind of attribute. Many human activities have caused desertification, loss of biodiversity, disruption of aggregates, loss of organic matter and nutrients, among others. Today, it is imperious to maintain soil health and productivity with increasing emphasis on reforestation and recuperation of degraded areas through the use of organic amendments, reintroduction of plants, soil fauna and microorganisms. This review focused on an integrative view on indicators of soil health to be used as tools for prediction of sustainability in production systems.

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Section: Indicators Of Soil Health In Soils Amended With Residuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Cardoso¹,

Vasconcellos²,

Bini³

et al. 2013

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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“…The problems connecting with increased persistent organic pollutants (POPs) contents in sewage sludge were confirmed by many authors (Markard, 1988;Melcer et al, 1988;Starke, 1992;Oleszczuk, 2007;Clarke et al, 2008;Natal-da-Luz et al, 2009). The load of soil by POPs after sludge application can influence their transfer into food chains (Passuello et al, 2010). Increased contents of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) limit not only direct application of sewage sludge on the soil but also the use of sludge in composting processes for example (Rosik-Dulewska et al, 2009).…”

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The Inputs of POPs into Soils by Sewage Sludge and Dredged Sediments Application

Vácha¹

2012

Organic Pollutants Ten Years After the Stockholm Convention - Environmental and Analytical Update

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“…Li et al, 2014;Y. Li et al, 2014;Passuello et al, 2010;Zubris and Richards, 2005). Risk assessment results may be erroneous if the effects of debris on the sorption capacity of soil are not adequately accounted for.…”

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Mediated distribution pattern of organic compounds in estuarine sediment by anthropogenic debris

Bao

Tao

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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POP accumulation in the food chain: Integrated risk model for sewage sludge application in agricultural soils

Cited by 74 publications

References 28 publications

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

The Inputs of POPs into Soils by Sewage Sludge and Dredged Sediments Application

Mediated distribution pattern of organic compounds in estuarine sediment by anthropogenic debris

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