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Environmental Quality Standard for Soils of the People's Republic of China.

Country/Territory
China
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Environmental standards Agricultural development Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The State Environment Protection Bureau approves this Standard, which aim at preventing soil pollution, protecting ecological environment, ensuring agriculture and forestry industry, and ensuring human safety. It rules the maximum density of pollutant in soils in accordance with its function, protection objective and the character of the soil. In part 3 it classifies the environmental quality of soils into three grades, part 4 is the standard for each grade, part 5 is the examination standard.

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