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Environmental fate & pathways

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
monitoring data
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: This survey of metal levels in soils all over the EU was done according to state-of-the-art techniques and provides a relevant status of the zinc content in EU soils.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
other: database
Title:
Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soils project (GEMAS) - database.
Author:
Reimann C and the EuroGeoSurveys Geochemistry expert group
Year:
2009
Bibliographic source:
GEMAS 2009.

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
aqua regia analysis of arable and grassland soils all over the EU (grid: 1 sampling spot/2500 km2)
GLP compliance:
not specified
Type of measurement:
other: regional concentrations
Media:
soil

Test material

Constituent 1
Reference substance name:
Reference substance 001
Constituent 2
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Zinc
EC Number:
231-175-3
EC Name:
Zinc
Cas Number:
7440-66-6
Molecular formula:
Zn
IUPAC Name:
zinc
Details on test material:
Data were reported for "Zinc". So, no distinction was made between different sources/forms of zinc resulting in the final measured concentration.

Study design

Details on sampling:
1 sampling site/2500km2

Results and discussion

Concentrationopen allclose all
Country:
Spain
Substance or metabolite:
substance
Conc.:
70 mg/kg dw
Remarks on result:
other: 90P grassland; N=213
Country:
Sweden
Substance or metabolite:
substance
Conc.:
86.6 mg/kg dw
Remarks on result:
other: 90P grassland; N=187
Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Substance or metabolite:
substance
Conc.:
108.5 mg/kg dw
Remarks on result:
other: 90P grassland; N=145

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
Given the scale, the coverage of all EU countries and the recent date of the study, the results are considered relevant for assessing current soil quallity (grassland) in the EU.
Executive summary:

90P zinc concentrations for 3 EU countries are given in results section. The remaining 24 country data are given in a separate study record.