Soil contamination assessment, pollutant characterisation and sediment analysis services.
The soil that covers the earth means life for people, plants, animals and every organism. Like the life it supports, soil is itself alive. It is so rich a component that a single handful contains more microorganisms than there are people on earth. Just as living things on earth need air and water, they need soil too.
Sediment is the layer of earth that lies at the bottom of bodies of water such as rivers, lakes and seas. The pollution of water under the influence of industrialisation, urbanisation and population growth indirectly leads to sediment pollution as well.
The contamination of soil, which is classed as a receiving environment, must be prevented; the sites and sectors where contamination exists or is likely must be identified; and contaminated soils and sites must be remediated and monitored. In Türkiye, environmental legislation likewise aims to prevent soil contamination and to remediate any contamination through monitoring at set intervals.
In agricultural production, the adverse effects of the chemicals used both to increase crop yields and to combat plant diseases (pesticides, fertilisers and the like) pose a growing threat to human and public health.
Water that accumulates below the soil also seeps slowly through soil pores towards streams, lakes and dams. Using water rich in agricultural pesticides and fertilisers as drinking water likewise leads to various health problems.
Alka Laboratories is a laboratory holding international accreditation and competency certificates for the parameters set out in environmental legislation for preventing and identifying soil contamination. It can also perform sediment analyses under the Regulation on the Control of Pollution Caused by Hazardous Substances in Water and its Environment and the Regulation on the Environmental Management of Dredged Material.
Our laboratories serving within soil and sediment;
Mobile Laboratory
General Chemistry Laboratory
Instrumental Laboratory