Guidelines for the Env. Monitoring of Chemicals

Standard Guidelines

for the Environmental Monitoring of Chemicals

(whole documents: guidelines.pdf 2,115kB)

CONTENTS

I Monitoring Chemical Substances (04Chapter1.pdf 357kB) 1

I.1 Introduction 1

I.2 Monitoring - Concepts and Design 4

I.3 Target Chemicals 5

I.4 Basic information and activities involved in environmental monitoring 20

II Sampling (04Chapter2.pdf 159kB) 23

II.1 Water quality 23

II.2 Sediment 26

II.3 Soil 29

II.4 Air 32

II.5 Living things 35

II.6 Wastes 37

II.7 Sampling flow chart 39

III Analytical Methods (04Chapter3.pdf 577kB) 41

III.1 Outline of chemical analysis in the environment 41

III.2 Practical analytical methods 66

IV Evaluation of research results (04Chapter4.pdf 742kB) 131

IV.1 Generalisation of research results 131

IV.2 Behaviour analysis 140

IV.3 Risk assessment method 183

IV.4 Ecological risk assessment 223

IV.5
Information sources and searches useful for the evaluation
of research results
243

V Quality control : guidelines for achieving quality in trace analysis (04Chapter5.pdf 220kB) 249

V.1 Introduction 249

V.2 Apparatus and instruments 249

V.3 Methods 255

V.4 Analysis 259

V.5 Monitoring and inspection 265

V.6 Appendix 265

VI Environmental monitoring - the Japanese case (04Chapter6.pdf 84kB) 279

VI.1 Co-operation with local public bodies 279

VI.2 Facilities and instrumentation (Government and local public bodies) 280

VI.3 Practical guidance and training systems 281