?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.scitotenv.2018.05.225&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F41327%2F&rft.title=Cadmium+mass+balance+in+French+soils+under+annual+crops%3A+Scenarios+for+the+next+century&rft.creator=Sterckeman%2C+Thibault&rft.creator=Gossiaux%2C+Lucas&rft.creator=Guimont%2C+Sophie&rft.creator=Sirguey%2C+Catherine&rft.creator=Lin%2C+Zhongbing&rft.subject=%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.description=Human+populations+are+threatened+by+chronic+exposure+to+the+Cd+accumulated+in+foods+after+being+taken+up+from+soils+by+crops.+To+decide+whether+and+to+what+extent+it+is+necessary+to+reduce+the+Cd+content+in+cultivated+soils%2C+one+needs+to+understand+and+predict+its+evolution.+We+therefore+simulated+the+Cd+mass+balance+in+the+soils+under+annual+crops+in+France+and+in+its+22+regions+for+the+next+century%2C+following+six+scenarios+of+agricultural+practices+or+regulatory+conditions.+If+current+cultivation+practices+are+maintained%2C+the+average+Cd+content+would+increase+by+about+15%25+after+a+century%2C+due+to+the+input+of+Cd+with+P+fertilizer+applications.+This+represents+around+85%25+of+the+soil+Cd+inputs+and+is+nearly+twice+the+Cd+output+caused+by+leaching+and+crop+offtake.+These+results+conflict+with+those+recently+obtained+at+the+European+level%2C+due+to+three+factors%3A+the+higher+rate+of+P+application+in+France+than+in+Europe%2C+a+higher+Cd+content+in+the+P+fertilizers+applied+in+France+and+a+lower+Cd+leaching+in+French+soils.+Strict+application+of+the+good+practices+for+P+fertilization+would+stabilize+the+future+soil+Cd+content+at+its+present+level.+Assuming+the+current+excessive+P+fertilization%2C+the+enforcement+of+a+regulation+limiting+Cd+content+in+the+P+fertilizers%2C+as+proposed+by+the+European+Union%2C+would+lead+to+a+lesser+increase+in+soil+Cd%2C+by+1.6%25+to+3.9%25+after+a+century.+The+combination+of+P+fertilization+good+practices+and+Cd+content+limitation+in+P+fertilizers+would+lead+to+a+decrease+in+soil+Cd+content+of+between+3.0%25+to+5.2%25.+Organic+agriculture+would+lead+to+an+evolution+of+soil+Cd+content+similar+to+that+of+conventional+agriculture+applying+good+practices.+The+accuracy+of+the+mass+balances+could+be+ameliorated+by+a+better+assessment+of+Cd+leaching.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=+++Sterckeman%2C+Thibault%3B+Gossiaux%2C+Lucas%3B+Guimont%2C+Sophie%3B+Sirguey%2C+Catherine+and+Lin%2C+Zhongbing+++(2018)+Cadmium+mass+balance+in+French+soils+under+annual+crops%3A+Scenarios+for+the+next+century.+++Science+of+the+Total+Environment%2C+pp.+1440-1452.++++++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.scitotenv.2018.05.225&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.scitotenv.2018.05.225