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6 Soil Pollution .............................................................................................. 149
6.1 Pollution and Soil Pollution ............................................................... 149
6.2 Sources of Soil Pollutants .................................................................. 150
6.2.1 Municipal Waste .................................................................. 150
6.2.2 Sewage Sludge..................................................................... 156
6.2.3 Contaminants in Garden Composts ..................................... 158
6.2.4 Hospital Wastes.................................................................... 159
6.2.5 Industrial Wastes.................................................................. 160
6.2.6 Agrochemicals ..................................................................... 160
6.2.7 Atmospheric Deposition ...................................................... 170
6.2.8 Mining.................................................................................. 172
6.2.9 Traffi c ................................................................................... 174
6.2.10 Radionuclides in Soil ........................................................... 175
6.2.11 Organic Pollutants in Soil .................................................... 176
6.2.12 Heavy Metal Pollution of Soils ............................................ 190
References................................................................................................... 216

Index ................................................................................................................. 227