Report on organic contaminants in BBFs and their persistency and crop uptake from soil

BBFs and soils will be screened for their contents of organic contaminants, from legacy contaminants (PAHs, PCBs, dioxins) to pharmaceuticals and emerging contaminants (e.g., microplastics, glyphosate, perfluorinated compounds). The persistency, bioavailability and fate of these contaminants in the soil environment will be studied in soil degradability experiments. Biodegradation data will be used to predict to what extent different fertilisation schemes in combination with specific agricultural soil types can be expected to lead to exposure of crops to contaminants.