Assessment of risks to human health from land contamination

Title:

Resource Type:

document --> guidance / decision support

Country:

United Kingdom

Year:

2004

Availability:

Information leaflet, 2pp.

Author 1/Producer:

SEPA

Author / Producer Type:

Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body

Publisher:

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)

Publisher City:

Corporate Office, Publications, Erskine Court, The Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TR

Report / download web link (=direct link):

http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/publications/leaflets/cont_land/c ...

Format (e.g. PDF):

PDF

EUGRIS Keyword(s):

Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Human health
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Risk assessment overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Tools and procedures
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Social

Short description:

Assessment of risks to human health from land contamination

Long description:

Leaflet that provides further information about CLEA: the Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment Model, which has been developed specifically to dervide generic assessment criteria (soil guideline values) for UK conditions.

Submitted By:

Dr Denise Lambkin WhoDoesWhat? Last update: 25/09/2006