SSSA Division: Soils and Environmental Quality Session: Impacts of Soil and Water Pollution on Food Safety Oral (includes student competition)

Division: SSSA Division: Soils and Environmental Quality

Title: Impacts of Soil and Water Pollution on Food Safety Oral (includes student competition)

Organizers: Matthew Polizzotto , Hui Li , Qiaoyun Huang and Monica D Ramirez-Andreotta

Moderators: Hui Li , Qiaoyun Huang and Monica D Ramirez-Andreotta

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Soil Chemistry
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: food safety, human health and soil pollution

Session Description: There is a strong link between environmental pollution and food safety. This session will emphasize the impacts of soil and water contamination by trace elements, pesticides, organic contaminants, nanoparticles, and chemicals of emerging concern to food safety, use of soil amendments to ameliorate soil quality for agricultural production, and appropriate irrigation with reclaimed water in agricultural lands.