Open AccessContamination of allotment soil with lead: managing potential risks to health
Author(s) -
L Prasad,
Bernadette Nazareth
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/22.4.525
Subject(s) - allotment , context (archaeology) , lead (geology) , environmental health , environmental science , contamination , environmental protection , medicine , geography , ecology , biology , paleontology , archaeology
In the context of contaminated land, assessing risk involves identifying a source, a pathway and a receptor. We describe how this approach worked in practice following the discovery of high lead levels in the soil of an allotment site in a London borough.
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