Irradiated Sewage Sludge for Application to Cropland
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Author(s): FAO-IAEA
Publisher: IAEA
ISBN: 9201171020
Format: softback
238pp
Price: €15
Review Date: 18 November 2002
Review: These are the results of a coordinated research project organised by the Joint FAO-IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. They fulfil the objects of the project: to characterise both radiated and non-irradiated sludge in terms of their physical and chemical properties, contents of pathogenic organisms, and toxic organ compound; to quantify the benefits in terms of increasing crop yields, improving soil physical properties and chemical fertility, including macro- and micro-nutrient availability; and to assess the extent of contamination of soils and crops by sludge-derived heavy metals.