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The buffering for chemicals in the environment differs greatly with the medium: it is high for soil, low for water, and very low for air. Impacts depend upon amount of pollutant, buffer power of environment and transfer coefficients. Buffering may vary with time, e.g. with acidification, and this may produce a “Chemical Time Bomb” effect, in which absorbed chemicals are released rather suddenly.
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Tinker, P.B. (1993). Introduction. In: Eijsackers, H.J.P., Hamers, T. (eds) Integrated Soil and Sediment Research: A Basis for Proper Protection. Soil & Environment, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2008-1_39
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