5. Outlook
In terms of future prospects, this work highlights the need for further experiments to provide a framework for taking contamination into account in urban vegetable gardens, and to support their sustainable management.
It would be useful for risk assessors to produce a best practice guide covering the various aspects of the Potex methodology, taking into account national feedback. This guide could also cover legal and communication aspects.
To facilitate the use and comparison of results, it is essential that environmental laboratories standardize their plant preparation and analysis practices.
Ensuring the traceability of soil inputs (origin, analysis and use) for cities in France, particularly for sensitive uses such as food production areas or recreational areas frequented by the general public, would certainly...
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Bibliography
Websites
Réseau-Agriville, an international collaborative platform of accessible resources on urban agriculture ( https://reseau-agriville.com/ ).
Regulations
France :
Information notice DGS/EA1/DGPR/2014/307 – Modalités de sélection des substances chimiques et de choix des valeurs toxicologiques de référence pour mener les évaluations des risques sanitaires dans le cadre des études d'impact et de la gestion des sites et sols pollués of October 31, 2014.
Switzerland :
Ordinance on soil pollution (Osol). Swiss...
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Transitions 2020" symposium, with 5 sessions (Environmental health; Sustainable food; Inclusive education; Energy and Tourism) under the prism of greening practices, Toulouse, June 2020. Contact: [email protected]
Standards and norms
- Soil quality – Sampling – Part 1: Guidelines for establishing sampling programs (cancelled Dec. 2017). - NF ISO 10381–1 - 2003
- Soil quality – Sampling – Part 107: registration and notification. - NF ISO 18400–107 - 2017
- Soil quality – Pre-treatment of samples for physico-chemical analysis. - ISO 11464 - 2006
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