FROM SNIFFER:
"Publication of the updated 'SNIFFER Method': available as free download from SNIFFER's website at www.sniffer.org.uk
The Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)* in collaboration with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
and Environment Agency recently commissioned LQM Ltd at the University of Nottingham to update our best seller, the 'Framework for Deriving Numeric
Targets to Minimise the Adverse Human Health Effects of Long-term Exposure to Contaminants in Soils' (commonly referred to as the 'SNIFFER method' or
'SNIFFER Framework').
The updated report, entitled the 'Method for deriving site-specific human
health assessment criteria for contaminants in soil' (SNIFFER project ref.
LQ01):
* adds clarity through changing some of the terminology and formatting
used;
* ensures that the framework is compatible with UK policy, in
particular the defaults and assumptions underpinning the Contaminated Land
Exposure Assessment (CLEA) model; and
* makes validated electronic worksheets which support the method
available on our website.
The updated report also includes a sensitivity analysis of the framework,
previously available as a separate report on SEPA's website.
The executive summary, full report and electronic worksheets are now
available as a free download from our website at
http://www.sniffer.org.uk/whats_new.asp. "
Dr Paul Nathanail
Head, Land Quality Management Group
School of Chemical Environmental and Mining Engineering
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
t 0115 951 4099
f 0115 951 4640
www.nottingham.ac.uk/scheme
www.lqm.co.uk
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