PD CR 13455:1999
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Soil improvers and growing media. Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants
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English
15-11-1999
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Terms and Definitions
2.1 Soil improver
2.2 Growing media
2.3 Harm
2.4 Hazard
2.5 Risk
2.6 Contaminant
2.7 Pollutant
2.8 Potentially toxic element
2.9 User
2.10 Intended use
2.11 Reasonably foreseeable misuse
2.12 Safety
3 Description of Hazards and Products
4 Product Safety Assessment
4.1 Fire
4.2 Dust explosion
4.3 Potentially Toxic Elements
4.4 Organic contaminants
4.5 Mineral constituents
4.6 Biological hazards, pathogens to humans
and animals;
microbial by-products and allergens
4.7 Traumatic hazard
4.8 Dust
4.9 Radiation
4.10 Physicochemical
4.11 Seeds and propagules
4.12 Plastic, glass, metal and other undesirable
materials
4.13 Eutrophication agents
4.14 Gaseous emission
4.15 Phytotoxic factors
4.16 Plant pathogens
5 Summary of Hazards and Corresponding Recommended
Actions
Annex A - Background
Annex B - Metal limits in soil improvers and growing
media note for discussion
Annex C - Heavy Metal Limits in Soil Improvers:
Discussion Guidelines
Annex D - Proposal for the elaboration of precautionary
soil values
Annex E - Working priorities for WG2
Bibliography
Information on significant health and safety issues. Classifies hazards and risks for manufacturers, users and regulators to refer to.
| Committee |
AW/20
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
88
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| CR 13455:1999 | Identical |
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| ONORM S 2023 : 1993 | ANALYTICAL METHODS AND QUALITY CONTROL OF COMPOST |
| ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 | Safety aspects — Guidelines for their inclusion in standards |
| RAL GZ 252 : 2012 | |
| BS 5852:1990 | Methods of test for assessment of the ignitability of upholstered seating by smouldering and flaming ignition sources |
| RAL GZ 251 : 2016 | |
| CFR 40(PTS425-699) : JUL 2017 | PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| CFR 40(PTS190-259) : JUL 2017 | PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| CR 13456:1999 | Soil improvers and growing media - Labelling, specifications and product schedules |
| RAL GZ 250 : 2015 | |
| BS 7175:1989 | Methods of test for the ignitability of bedcovers and pillows by smouldering and flaming ignition sources |
| BS 7177:1989 | Specification for resistance to ignition of mattresses, divans and bed bases |
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