Methodical Instruction No. MU-4266-87 regarding assessment of degree of hazardousness of soil pollution by chemicals. Country/Territory Kyrgyzstan Document type Regulation Date 1987 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Soil pollution/quality Hazardous substances Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Methodical Instruction is destined for hygienic institutions and has as its purpose assessment of soil pollution with a view of data collection related to the degree of soil pollution and prognosis of its impact upon quality of foodstuffs of plant origin. Assessment methods shall be applicable to agricultural land and the basic method shall be translocation assessment of hazardousness indices due to the presence of concentrated hazardous substance in soil. Methodical Instruction contains arithmetic formulas for calculation of hazardous substances in soil. Full text Russian Website www.nature.kg