336 Symposium--Contaminants in Urban Soils: Current State of Science

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Urban and Anthropogenic Soils
Many cities have on-going projects to facilitate the redevelopment of vacant urban land.  Vacant land reuse opportunities include (1) urban agriculture or gardening, that improves the availability of healthy, fresh foods, will improve nutrition and health of residents and (2) creation of parks, playgrounds and other commons.   Agriculture activities or gardening in an urban environment can present challenges because of the possibility of soil contamination.  Lack of understanding about soil contamination continues to be a cause of concern to urban gardeners and associated community groups.  This session will focus on evaluating current state of science of potential direct (ingestion, inhalation, dermal) and indirect (food-chain transfer) human exposure pathways of inorganic and organic contaminants, speciation and bioavailability of soil contaminants, and reducing and assessing bioavailability of contaminants in urban soils.
Cosponsor(s):

Urban and Anthropogenic Soils

Tuesday, November 4, 2014: 12:55 PM-4:10 PM
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Shoreline A

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Organizer:
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi
Presider:
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:25 PM
Minimizing Human Exposure to Contaminants in Urban Soils.
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University; Chammi P. Attanayake, Kansas State University; Phillip P. Defoe, Kansas State University; Sabine Martin, Kansas State University; Gary M. Pierzynski, Kansas State University
2:15 PM
Phosphate Amendments in Co-Contaminated Soils: Speciation, Bioaccessibility, and Bioavailability.
Kirk G Scheckel, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; Aaron Betts, US EPA, Office of Research and Development; Karen Bradham, USEPA; David Thomas, USEPA
2:40 PM
Break
2:50 PM
Assessing Bioaccessibility of Lead in Urban Soils: The Effect of Amendments.
anna paltseva, Brooklyn College; Zhongqi Cheng, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; Mark Maddaloni, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:10 PM
Lead Testing for Garden Soils in New York City.
Zhongqi Cheng, City University of New York - Brooklyn College; anna paltseva, Brooklyn College; Ireyena Li, Brooklyn College; Ying Liu, Brooklyn College; Michael Grinshtein, Brooklyn College; Zulema Su, Brooklyn College; Kayo Green, Brooklyn College; Leda Lee, Brooklyn College; Richard Shaw, USDA-NRCS
3:30 PM
Assessment of Potential Human Inhalation Exposure to Soil Trace Elements Resulting from Agricultural Activity on Urban Brownfield Sites.
Joseph J. Weeks Jr., Kansas State University; Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Kansas State University; Eduardo Alvarez Santos, Kansas State University; John Tatarko, USDA-ARS
3:55 PM
Discussion
4:10 PM
Adjourn