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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2014.19.3.015

Review of the Extraction Methods of Soil Extracts, Soil Elutriates, and Soil Suspensions for Ecotoxicity Assessments  

Nam, Sun-Hwa (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
An, Youn-Joo (Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.19, no.3, 2014 , pp. 15-24 More about this Journal
Abstract
Soil pollution has been recognized as a serious problem because it causes groundwater pollution through medium contacts. Although concentration of individual chemical could be more easily measured by physico-chemical analysis, it is not easy to consider the bioavailability of edaphic receptors living in soil or groundwater. To measure the toxicity of soil, the soil extracts (soil elutriates or soil suspensions in the other words) are often used due to the difficulties of extracting soil pore water. In this study, we reviewed 15 toxicity test methods found in literature to analyze the detail of each extraction method and to recommend the most frequently used extraction methods. The identified most commonly used extraction methods are as following: The 1 : 4 soil:water ratio, 24 hours shaking time, room temperature, dark, and separation of supernatant using a $0.45{\mu}m$ pore size filter.
Keywords
Soil elutriates; Soil extracts; Soil suspensions; Ecotoxicity assessment;
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