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Over forty years ago, concern was first focussed on cadmium
contamination of soils, fertilisers and the food chain. Adverse
effects on human health were first highlighted nearly 30 years ago
in Japan with the outbreak of Itai-itai disease. Since then,
substantial research data have accumulated for cadmium on chemistry
in soils, additions to soils, uptake by plants, adverse effects on
the soil biota and transfer through the food chain. However, this
information has never been compiled into a single volume. This was
the stimulus for the Kevin G. Tiller Memorial Symposium "Cadmium in
Soils, Plants and the Food Chain", held at the University of
California, Berkeley, in June 1997 as part of the Fourth
International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements.
This symposium brought together leading scientists in the field of
cadmium behaviour in soils and plants, to review the scientific
data in the literature and highlight gaps in our current knowledge
of the subject. This series of review papers are presented here and
deal with the chemistry of cadmium in soils, the potential for
transfer through the food chain and management to minimise this
problem. We hope this information provides a sound scientific basis
to assist development of policies and regulations for controlling
cadmium in the soil environment.
The Australasia-Pacific Region supports approximately 50% of the
world's population. The last half-century has witnessed a rapid
increase in the regional population, agricultural productivity,
industrial activities and trade within the region. Both the demand
for increased food production and the desire to improve the
economic conditions have affected regional environmental quality.
This volume presents an overview of the fate of contaminants in the
soil environment; current soil management factors used to control
contaminant impacts, issues related to sludge and effluent
disposals in the soil environment; legal, health and social impacts
of contaminated land, remediation approaches and strategies to
manage contaminated land, some of the problems associated with
environmental degradation in the Australasia-Pacific Region and
steps that we need to take to safeguard our environment.
The Australasia-Pacific Region supports approximately 50% of the
world's population. The last half-century has witnessed a rapid
increase in the regional population, agricultural productivity,
industrial activities and trade within the region. Both the demand
for increased food production and the desire to improve the
economic conditions have affected regional environmental quality.
This volume presents an overview of the fate of contaminants in the
soil environment; current soil management factors used to control
contaminant impacts, issues related to sludge and effluent
disposals in the soil environment; legal, health and social impacts
of contaminated land, remediation approaches and strategies to
manage contaminated land, some of the problems associated with
environmental degradation in the Australasia-Pacific Region and
steps that we need to take to safeguard our environment.
Over forty years ago, concern was first focussed on cadmium
contamination of soils, fertilisers and the food chain. Adverse
effects on human health were first highlighted nearly 30 years ago
in Japan with the outbreak of Itai-itai disease. Since then,
substantial research data have accumulated for cadmium on chemistry
in soils, additions to soils, uptake by plants, adverse effects on
the soil biota and transfer through the food chain. However, this
information has never been compiled into a single volume. This was
the stimulus for the Kevin G. Tiller Memorial Symposium "Cadmium in
Soils, Plants and the Food Chain," held at the University of
California, Berkeley, in June 1997 as part of the Fourth
International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements.
This symposium brought together leading scientists in the field of
cadmium behaviour in soils and plants, to review the scientific
data in the literature and highlight gaps in our current knowledge
of the subject. This series of review papers are presented here and
deal with the chemistry of cadmium in soils, the potential for
transfer through the food chain and management to minimise this
problem. We hope this information provides a sound scientific basis
to assist development of policies and regulations for controlling
cadmium in the soil environment.
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