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PD CR 13455:1999

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Soil improvers and growing media. Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants

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Language(s)

English

Published date

15-11-1999

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Terms and Definitions
      2.1 Soil improver
      2.2 Growing media
      2.3 Harm
      2.4 Hazard
      2.5 Risk
      2.6 Contaminant
      2.7 Pollutant
      2.8 Potentially toxic element
      2.9 User
      2.10 Intended use
      2.11 Reasonably foreseeable misuse
      2.12 Safety
3 Description of Hazards and Products
4 Product Safety Assessment
      4.1 Fire
      4.2 Dust explosion
      4.3 Potentially Toxic Elements
      4.4 Organic contaminants
      4.5 Mineral constituents
      4.6 Biological hazards, pathogens to humans
             and animals;
             microbial by-products and allergens
      4.7 Traumatic hazard
      4.8 Dust
      4.9 Radiation
      4.10 Physicochemical
      4.11 Seeds and propagules
      4.12 Plastic, glass, metal and other undesirable
             materials
      4.13 Eutrophication agents
      4.14 Gaseous emission
      4.15 Phytotoxic factors
      4.16 Plant pathogens
5 Summary of Hazards and Corresponding Recommended
      Actions
Annex A - Background
Annex B - Metal limits in soil improvers and growing
          media note for discussion
Annex C - Heavy Metal Limits in Soil Improvers:
          Discussion Guidelines
Annex D - Proposal for the elaboration of precautionary
          soil values
Annex E - Working priorities for WG2
Bibliography

Information on significant health and safety issues. Classifies hazards and risks for manufacturers, users and regulators to refer to.

Committee
AW/20
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
88
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

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CR 13455:1999 Identical

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