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Soil toxicological analysis

  • Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro(author)
Chapter of: The Field Guide to Mixing Social and Biophysical Methods in Environmental Research(pp. 563–570)
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Title Soil toxicological analysis
ContributorSalvatore Engel-Di Mauro(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0418.41
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0418/chapters/10.11647/obp.0418.41
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightSalvatore Engel-Di Mauro;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2025-02-25
Long abstract

Soil toxicological analysis entails evaluating the potential for adverse effects of organic and/or inorganic substances in soils relative to public health and/or to wider ecological concerns. The discussion includes an overview of analytical methods and interpretive criteria and their integration with socially critical frameworks and methodologies. Guidelines on the use of soil toxicological analysis and references for further studies are also provided.

Page rangepp. 563–570
Print length8 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Contributors

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

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Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at State University of New York at New Paltz
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5125-1967
References
  1. Alengebawy, A., S.T. Abdelkhalek, S.R. Qureshi, and M.Q. Wang. 2021. ‘Heavy metals and pesticides toxicity in agricultural soil and plants: Ecological risks and human health implications’, Toxics, 9.3.
  2. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/index.html.This is a public agency of the United States that provides a searchable catalogue with detailed information on the characteristics of substances and elements toxic to humans.
  3. European Chemicals Agency , https://echa.europa.eu/search-for-chemicals. A searchable database for substances and elements falling under European Union regulations, which tend to be stricter than in the United States.
  4. FAO and UNEP. 2021. Global Assessment of Soil Pollution—Summary for Policy Makers (FAO), https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4827en. The publication includes overviews of soil contaminants and their health and ecological effects in ways that are accessible to a lay readership.
  5. Pesticides Property Database, http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/. An online searchable pesticides database, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire (UK), providing human health and ecotoxicological data.
  6. Brevik, E.C. and L.C. Burgess. 2013. Soils and Human Health (CRC Press).
  7. Davis, L.F., M.D. Ramírez-Andreotta, and S. Buxner. 2020. ‘Engaging diverse citizen scientists for environmental health: Recommendations from participants and promotoras’, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5.1, pp. 1–27.
  8. Longhurst, R. and Johnston, L., Chapter 27, this volume. ‘Focus groups.’
  9. Mokos, J., Chapter 36, this volume. ‘Participatory methods.’
  10. Ramírez-Andreotta, M.D., R. Walls, K. Youens-Clark, K. Blumberg, K.E. Isaacs, D. Kaufmann, and R.M. Maier. 2021. ‘Alleviating environmental health disparities through community science and data integration’, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5.
  11. Winata, F. and McLafferty, S., Chapter 43, this volume. ‘Survey and questionnaire methods.’

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