Inventory of heavy metal content in organic waste applied as fertilizer in agriculture: Evaluating the risk of transfer into the food chain

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 918-939

  Lopes, Carla ^a   Herva, Marta ^a   Franco Uría, Amaya ^a,b   Roca, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotransfer; Heavy metals; Organic waste inventory; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MANURE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZERS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MANURE; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79960077139     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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