Soil environmental criteria in six representative developed countries: soil management targets, and human health and ecological risk assessment. Issue 5 (4th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Qiyuan; Wu, Yihang; Zhao, Wenhao; Ma, Jin; Qu, Yajing; Chen, Haiyan; Tian, Yuxin; Wu, Fengchang
• Is Part Of: Critical reviews in environmental science and technology. Volume 53:Issue 5(2023)
• Page Start: 577
• Page End: 600
• Publication Date: 2023-03-04
• Subjects: Derivation methods -- ecological risk -- health risk -- soil environmental criteria; Dan Tsang and Lena Ma; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental protection -- Periodicals; Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Periodicals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2022.2072648
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1064-3389

Abstract

Abstract: Soil pollution is a global problem. As one of the important tools for contaminated land management, much attention has been given to soil environmental criteria (SEC) in some countries. However, most of the current researches on SEC are concentrated in several developed countries. For other countries that need to establish SEC, learning the experience of developed countries can promote the development of SEC. This paper systematically described the development of SEC in the USA, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, the process of deriving SEC in these countries was comprehensively compared and analyzed from the aspects of human health risk and ecological risk. The results show that the USA and the Netherlands developed SEC earlier and formed a relatively complete system. Health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment are the main methods to establish SEC in the world. The differences in the derivation of SEC in different countries are mainly reflected in the establishment of conceptual site models, the selection of calculation methods and the determination of data. It is suggested that other countries should strengthen the research on risk-based theoretical method systems and pay attention to the localization research of SEC. This paper highlights the importance of establishing SEC based on local realities. Furthermore, it can provide a reference and scientific basis for the establishment of SEC in developing countries, and provide scientific support for soil environmental management. Graphical abstract: U0001