Open AccessOral Bioaccessibility and Leaching: Tests for Soil Risk Assessment
Author(s) -
Hansen J. B.,
Oomen A. G.,
Edelgaard I.,
Grøn C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.200620174
Subject(s) - environmental chemistry , groundwater , leaching (pedology) , cadmium , soil water , environmental science , pyrene , contamination , human health , soil contamination , chemistry , environmental engineering , soil science , ecology , environmental health , geology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , biology
A set of test methods for estimating the risk for human health (oral bioaccessibility tests) and groundwater (leaching tests) was applied to contaminated soils from three sites with different sources of contamination. The bioaccessible soil concentrations of the contaminants cadmium, lead, nickel, benzo(a)pyrene and dibenz(a,h)anthracene were considerably lower than the total concentrations. The leached concentrations of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, cadmium and nickel were below the EU drinking water and Danish groundwater criteria, whereas the leached lead concentrations were below the drinking water criteria but above the groundwater criteria. Based upon the test results, a risk assessment of the soils with respect to human health (oral exposure) and groundwater was established that reflected a reduced availability and mobility of PAH and heavy metals in the soils.