Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health: Lead

June 16, 2025 in New Documents

CCME has posted the Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health: Lead.

The 2025 factsheet is a revision of the 1999 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health: Lead. It provides updated soil quality guidelines for human health, while the soil quality guidelines for environmental health have not been revised. The accompanying scientific criteria document describes the derivation of the revised soil quality guidelines for human health.

The factsheet and its scientific criteria document can be found here and here, respectively, or through CCME's searchable resource browser. The guidelines can be searched using the Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines Summary Table.