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Part B, Section 7<br />

BW<br />

SIR<br />

BF<br />

FIR<br />

BCF<br />

= body weight (kg)<br />

= <strong>the</strong> soil ingestion rate <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> species used in <strong>the</strong> DTED (kg dw soil/day)<br />

= bioavailability factor (unitless)<br />

= <strong>the</strong> food ingestion rate <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> species used in <strong>the</strong> DTED (kg dw food/day)<br />

= bioconcentration factor (unitless)<br />

The SQG I is <strong>the</strong>n compared to <strong>the</strong> SQG SC <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> lower <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two values is selected as <strong>the</strong> final<br />

environmental soil quality guideline (SQG E ) <strong>for</strong> agricultural l<strong>and</strong> use.<br />

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