Are the existing guideline values adequate to protect soil health from inorganic mercury contamination?

Mahbub, KR; Bahar, MM; Megharaj, M; Labbate, M

Are the existing guideline values adequate to protect soil health from inorganic mercury contamination?

Mahbub, KR

Bahar, MM Megharaj, M Labbate, M

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Citation:: Environment International, 2018, 117 pp. 10 - 15
Issue Date:: 2018-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mahbub, KR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7086-9965	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bahar, MM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Megharaj, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Labbate, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1428-3382	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-08-31T19:07:57Z
dc.date.issued	2018-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Environment International, 2018, 117 pp. 10 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0160-4120	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128236
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Currently, data that guide safe concentration ranges for inorganic mercury in the soil are lacking and subsequently, threaten soil health. In the present study, a species sensitivity distribution (SSD) approach was applied to estimate critical mercury concentration that has little (HC 5 ) or no effect (PNEC) on soil biota. Recently published terrestrial toxicity data were incorporated in the approach. Considering total mercury content in soils, the estimated HC 5 was 0.6 mg/kg, and the PNEC was 0.12–0.6 mg/kg. Whereas, when only water-soluble mercury fractions were considered, these values were 0.04 mg/kg and 0.008–0.04 mg/kg, respectively.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100459
dc.relation.ispartof	Environment International	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.037	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Mercury	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Soil Pollutants	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Environmental Pollution	en_US
dc.title	Are the existing guideline values adequate to protect soil health from inorganic mercury contamination?	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	117	en_US
utslib.for	0503 Soil Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	0305 Organic Chemistry	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	117	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Currently, data that guide safe concentration ranges for inorganic mercury in the soil are lacking and subsequently, threaten soil health. In the present study, a species sensitivity distribution (SSD) approach was applied to estimate critical mercury concentration that has little (HC 5 ) or no effect (PNEC) on soil biota. Recently published terrestrial toxicity data were incorporated in the approach. Considering total mercury content in soils, the estimated HC 5 was 0.6 mg/kg, and the PNEC was 0.12–0.6 mg/kg. Whereas, when only water-soluble mercury fractions were considered, these values were 0.04 mg/kg and 0.008–0.04 mg/kg, respectively.

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