Exploring the ways how contaminated soils affect a global fate and cycling of POPs -- conceptual approach

• Authors: HOLOUBEK Ivan; KLÁNOVÁ Jana; DUŠEK Ladislav; ČUPR Pavel; KOBLIŽKOVÁ Martina; RŮŽIČKOVÁ Petra; KUKUČKA Petr; BARTOŠ Tomáš; HOFMAN Jakub; SÁŇKA Milan; JARKOVSKÝ Jiří
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Organohalogen Compounds
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Soil contamination adn decontamination incl. pesticides
• Keywords: Soils; POPs; fate; GIS
• Description: Applied methodology combines quantitative human health risk assessment and spatial basal GIS methods to produce an assessment of risks to human health from exposure to contaminated land, in a manner which preserves the spatial distribution of risks and provides a measure of uncertainty in the assessment. Intake of soil contaminants and consequent risk is calculated using an adaptation of the SSL model. These maps provide a powerful visual tool for the risk managers, enabling efficient targeting of risk reduction measures to different locations.

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