Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals in Soil and Sediment

<p>Introduction Setting of the Scene, Definitions, and Guide to Volume.- Impacts of soil properties and processes on bioavailability or organic compounds.- Sorption of Polar and Ionogenic Organic Chemicals.- Environmental fate assessment of chemicals and the formation of biogenic non-extractable residues (bioNER).- Impact of Sorption to Dissolved Organic Matter on the Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals.- Measuring and Modelling the Plant Uptake and Accumulation of Synthetic Organic Chemicals: With a Focus on Pesticides and Root Uptake.- Bioaccumulation and toxicity of organic chemicals in terrestrial invertebrates.- Assessment of the Oral Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Humans.- Carbon amendments and remediation of contaminated sediments.- Why biodegradable chemicals persist in the environment? A look at bioavailability.- Bioavailability as a Microbial System Property: Lessons Learned from Biodegradation in the Mycosphere.- Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Soil and Associated Desorption-Based Measurements.- Passive Sampling for Determination of the Dissolved Concentrations and Chemical Activities of Organic Contaminants in Soil and Sediment Pore Waters.- Microbial, Plant, and Invertebrate Test Methods in Regulatory Soil Ecotoxicology.- Implementation of Bioavailability in Prospective and Retrospective Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Soils and Sediments.- Concluding remarks and research needs.</p>