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| Title | Final Report: Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State | |
| Month-Year Published | April 1999 | |
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
This report is a result of Washington State Executive Request 1998 legislation (SSB 6474), The Fertilizer Regulation Act, mandating a study of dioxins in fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils. With support from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant, the Washington State Department of Ecology also studied metals in fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils. The results from these studies are included in this report. (Also see abstract below) | |
| Publication Number | 99-309 | |
| Author(s) | Rogowski, D., S. Golding, D. Bowhay, and S. Singleton | |
| Print Availability | ||
| Number of pages | 79 pp. + app. (177 total) | |
| Keywords | agriculture, basin, cadmium, contaminant, copper, county, dangerous, dangerous waste regulation, dioxin, dioxins, dust, environmental, Environmental Protection Agency, fertilizer, grant, lead, legislature, mercury, metals, monitoring, objectives, pesticides, pH, phosphorus, product, recommendations, regulation, rule, rules, soil, study, survey, toxic, toxicity, urban, waste, zinc | |
| Related Publications | Title | Relationship |
| Dioxins in Washington State Soils (symposium article) | similar topic | |
| Typical Dioxin Concentrations in Agriculture Soils of Washington State and Potential Sources | similar topic | |
| Screening Survey for Metals in Fertilizers and Industrial By-Product Fertilizers in Washington State | similar topic | |
| Focus Sheet: Controlling Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizers | similar topic | |
| Washington State Dioxin Source Assessment | similar topic | |
| Focus: Policy Options to Regulate Dioxins in Fertilizers | similar topic | |
| Supplemental Appendices: Final Report, Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State | appendix | |
| Addendum to Final Report: Screening Survey for Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products and Soils in Washington State. Dioxins in Washington State Agricultural Soils | appendix | |
| Abstract | Long Description |
This report is a result of Washington State Executive Request 1998 legislation (SSB 6474), The Fertilizer Regulation Act, mandating a study of dioxins in fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils. With support from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) also studied metals in fertilizers, soil amendments, and soils. The results from these studies are included in this report. Objectives of the studies included: 1. Quantify metal and dioxin concentrations in fertilizer products 2. Determine if certain metals have accumulated in agricultural soils of the Columbia Basin 3. Provide an initial assessment of typical concentrations of dioxins in Washington soils To satisfy these objectives, Ecology, in cooperation with the state Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Health: 1. Sampled fertilizer products to determine metal and dioxin concentrations 2. Analyzed metal concentrations of agricultural and non-agricultural soils in the Columbia Basin 3. Sampled soils in open, forest, and urban areas for dioxins Studies included: 1. Metals and Dioxins in Fertilizer Products 2. Metals in Soils 3. Dioxins in Soils |
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