KAZALCI OKOLJA

Key message
Neutral

Systematic research on soil pollution shows that soils in Slovenia, with some exceptions, are not heavily polluted. In 42% of top soil samples taken in the period from 1999 to 2019, no exceedances of the limit values of dangerous substances into the soil were detected. In 56% of the samples the limit values of inorganic pollutants were exceeded and in 5% the limit values of organic pollutants. The most polluted areas with inorganic pollutants were Jesenice, Idrija, the Celje Basin and the Upper Mežica Valley.


Charts

Figure TP04-1: The percent of top soil from 1999 to 2019 according to limit values, alert thresholds and critical levels of inorganic dangerous substances into the soil
Sources:

ROTS, VM, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 01. 2021)

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    arsenic copper zinc cadmium cobalt chrome mlybdenum nickel lead mercury
below the limit value % 87 94 95 71 80 93 98 77 91 97
between the limit and the warning value % 11 4 3 19 20 5 2 10 2 2
between the warning and critical value % 2 2 1 9 0 2 0 13 6 1
above the critical value % 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
sum % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
below the limit value number 319 345 349 263 293 344 360 282 335 357
between the limit and the warning value number 41 15 12 71 74 17 6 38 6 6
between the warning and critical value number 7 8 4 34 1 7 0 47 23 3
above the critical value number 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
sum number 368 368 368 368 368 368 366 368 368 368
Figure TP04-2: Soil pollution in the years 1999-2019 with at least one inorganic pollutant (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn, Hg, Mo, Ni)
Sources:

ROTS, VM, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 01. 2021)

Figure TP04-3: Soil pollution with at least one inorganic pollutant (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn, Hg, Mo, Ni) at repeated sampling sites
Sources:

ROTS, VM, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 01. 2021)

Figure TP04-4: Soil pollution in the years 1999-2019 with at least one organic pollutant (HCH compounds, drini, DDT/DDD/DDE, PCB, PAH, atrazine, simazine)
Sources:

ROTS, VM, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20. 01. 2021)

Figure TP04-5: Comparison of soil pollution with inorganic pollutants, according to the type of soil use
Sources:

VM, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2021 (20.01.2021)

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  Unit above the critical value between the warning and critical value between the limit and the warning value  below the limit value sum
residential area % 1 0 5 95 100
industrial area % 0 0 9 91 100
agricultural land area % 0 2 11 87 100
children's playground % 0 6 0 94 100
residential area number of measurements 1 0 5 104 110
industrial area number of measurements 0 0 1 10 11
agricultural land area number of measurements 0 1 6 48 55
children's playground number of measurements 0 2 0 31 33

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