| Title: |
A demonstration of the use of a framework for the ecological risk assessment of land contamination
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| Resource Type: |
document --> guidance / decision support
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2006 |
| Availability: |
R&D Project P5-069. Product code: SCHO0804BICW-E-E Science Report P5-069/TR1
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Environment Agency
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Weeks, J. et al
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Publisher: |
Environment Agency, Bristol, UK.
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| ISBN: |
1844322963
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Ecological
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| Short description: |
Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) is an increasingly important part
of the decision-making process for managing environmental
problems. Under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act
1990, ERA clearly has a key role in the ecological assessment of
contaminated land. This report describes a decision-making
framework to identify sites where ecoreceptors may be subject to
risk from contaminants. It also reports the use of biological tests to
determine whether ecoreceptors are at risk of harm from soil
contaminants.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Denise Lambkin WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 22/04/2008
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