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Arsenic in UK soils: reassessing the risk

By: Contributor(s): Series: Civil Engineering ; 150(4) November 2002, 187-190(4)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: This reports on recent studies in northeast England, which reveal that soil arsenic concentrations are frequently above the Government's recently published guideline value of 20mg/kg for residential areas. Though this in itself does not imply a significant health risk, it does show that more frequent and complex contaminated-ground risk assessments are likely to be needed in the UK generally. TAKEN FROM ARTICLE HEADNOTE.

This reports on recent studies in northeast England, which reveal that soil arsenic concentrations are frequently above the Government's recently published guideline value of 20mg/kg for residential areas. Though this in itself does not imply a significant health risk, it does show that more frequent and complex contaminated-ground risk assessments are likely to be needed in the UK generally. TAKEN FROM ARTICLE HEADNOTE.