Contaminants and the Soil Environment in the Australasia-Pacific Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Soil contamination issues: past, present and future, a personal perspective

   • K. G. Tiller

   Pages 1-27

3. The fate of non-metal contaminants in the soil environment

   • R. E. White, A. N. Sharpley

   Pages 29-67

4. Fate of contaminants in the soil environment: metal contaminants

   • Philip A. Helmke, Ravendra Naidu

   Pages 69-93

5. Transport and fate of organic contaminants in the subsurface

   • Mark L. Brusseau, Rai S. Kookana

   Pages 95-124

6. Adverse impacts of agriculture on soil, water and food quality

   • M. E. Sumner, M. J. McLaughlin

   Pages 125-181

7. Issues in the disposal of industrial and urban wastes

   • R. G. McLaren, C. J. Smith

   Pages 183-212

8. Exploration, mining and mineral processing

   • Graham F. Taylor

   Pages 213-266

9. Legal responses to the problem of soil contamination — the Australian experience

   • Robert J. Fowler

   Pages 267-280

10. Health risk assessment and management of contaminated sites in Australia

    • A. Langley

    Pages 281-307

11. Listen and learn - developing effective communications strategies to deal with communities affected by contaminated sites

    • Toni Meek

    Pages 309-322

12. Sources, potential adverse effects and remediation of agricultural soil contaminants

    • Rufus L. Chaney, Danielle P. Oliver

    Pages 323-359

13. Technologies for enhanced remediation of contaminated soils and aquifers: overview, analysis, and case studies

    • P. S. C. Rao, G. B. Davis, C. D. Johnston

    Pages 361-410

14. Remediation of inorganics and organics in industrial and urban contaminated soils

    • R. G. Burns, S. Rogers, I. McGhee

    Pages 411-449

15. Contaminants and the Australian soil environment

    • F. Barzi, R. Naidu, M. J. McLaughlin

    Pages 451-484

16. Contaminants and the soil environment in China

    • G. L. Ji, T. R. Yu

    Pages 485-499

17. Trace metal contamination of the Hong Kong soil environment: a review

    • M. H. Wong, J. W. C. Wong, T. B. Chen

    Pages 501-511

18. Soil contaminants in India: an overview

    • R. Prasad

    Pages 513-542

19. Soil contamination issues in the Republic of Korea (South Korea)

    • Sun-Hoo Yoo, Kye-Hoon Kim

    Pages 543-562

20. Contaminants and the soil environment in Malaysia

    • Y. M. Khanif, S. Salmijah

    Pages 563-578

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.

• contaminants
• environment
• food
• health
• remediation
• soil
• transport

• CSIRO Division of Soils and CRC for Soil and Land Management, Adelaide, Australia

  R. Naidu, R. S. Kookana, D. P. Oliver, M. J. McLaughlin

• CRC for Soil and Land Management and Dept. of Soil Sciences, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

  S. Rogers

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