| Chemical Name | Chemical Groups | Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) Agricultural |
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) Residential/ parkland |
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) Commercial |
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) Industrial |
Date | ||
|
Aluminium
CASRN 7429-90-5 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Ammonia (total)
CASRN No data |
Inorganic, Inorganic nitrogen compounds, Benzonitrile compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Antimony
CASRN 7440-36-0 |
Inorganic, Metals | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 1991 |
|
Arsenic
CASRN 7440-38-2 |
Inorganic, Metals | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1997 |
|
Barium
CASRN 7440-39-3 |
Inorganic, Metals | 750 | 500 | 2000 | 2000 | 2013 |
|
Beryllium
CASRN 7440-41-7 |
Inorganic, Metals | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2015 |
|
Boron
CASRN 7440-42-8 |
Inorganic, Metals | 2 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 |
|
Cadmium
CASRN 7440-43-9 |
Inorganic, Metals | 1.4 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 1999 |
|
Calcium
CASRN 7440-70-2 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Chloride
CASRN 16887-00-6 |
Inorganic | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Chlorine, Reactive Species
CASRN No data |
Inorganic, Reactive chlorine compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Chromium (total)
CASRN 7440-47-3 |
Inorganic, Metals | 64 | 64 | 87 | 87 | 1997 |
|
Chromium, hexavalent (Cr(VI))
CASRN 18540-29-9 |
Inorganic, Metals | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1999 |
|
Chromium, trivalent (Cr(III))
CASRN 16065-83-1 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Cobalt
CASRN 7440-48-4 |
Inorganic, Metals | 40 | 50 | 300 | 300 | 1991 |
|
Copper
CASRN 7440-50-8 |
Inorganic, Metals | 63 | 63 | 91 | 91 | 1999 |
|
Cyanide
CASRN 57-12-5 |
Inorganic | 0.9 | 0.9 | 8 | 8 | 1997 |
|
Dissolved oxygen
CASRN No data |
Inorganic | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Fluoride
CASRN 16984-48-8 |
Inorganic | 200 | 400 | 2000 | 2000 | 1991 |
|
Iron
CASRN 7439-89-6 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Lead
CASRN 7439-92-1 |
Inorganic, Metals | Table | Table | Table | Table | 2025 |
|
Lithium
CASRN 7439-93-2 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Manganese
CASRN 7439-96-5 |
Inorganic, Metals | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Mercury
CASRN 7439-97-6 |
Inorganic, Metals | 6.6 | 6.6 | 24 | 50 | 1999 |
|
Molybdenum
CASRN 7439-98-7 |
Inorganic, Metals | 5 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 1991 |
|
Nickel
CASRN 7440-02-0 |
Inorganic, Metals | 45 | 45 | 89 | 89 | 2015 |
|
Nitrate
CASRN 14797-55-8 |
Inorganic, Inorganic nitrogen compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Nitrate + Nitrite
CASRN No data |
Inorganic, Inorganic nitrogen compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Nitrite
CASRN 14797-65-0 |
Inorganic, Inorganic nitrogen compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Nitrite + Nitrate [See Nitrate + Nitrite]
CASRN No data |
Inorganic, Inorganic nitrogen compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
pH
CASRN No data |
Inorganic, Acidity, alkalinity and ph | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 6 to 8 | 1991 |
|
Phosphorus
CASRN 7723-14-0 |
Inorganic | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Selenium
CASRN 7782-49-2 |
Inorganic, Metals | 1 | 1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2009 |
|
Silver
CASRN 7440-22-4 |
Inorganic, Metals | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 1991 |
|
Sulphate
CASRN 18785-72-3 |
Inorganic, Inorganic sulphur compounds | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data |
|
Sulphur (elemental)
CASRN 9073-75-0 |
Inorganic, Inorganic sulphur compounds | 500 | No data | No data | No data | 1991 |
|
Thallium
CASRN 7440-28-0 |
Inorganic, Metals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1999 |
|
Tin
CASRN 7440-31-5 |
Inorganic, Metals | 5 | 50 | 300 | 300 | 1991 |
|
Uranium
CASRN 7440-61-1 |
Inorganic, Metals | 23 | 23 | 33 | 300 | 2007 |
|
Vanadium
CASRN 7440-62-2 |
Inorganic, Metals | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 1997 |
|
Zinc
CASRN 7440-66-6 |
Inorganic, Metals | 250 | 250 | 410 | 410 | 2018 |