Several methods which are often applied in the evaluation of soil heavy metal pollution were used to evaluate the soil heavy metal pollution of a uranium mine in China, including toxicity charac- teristic leaching procedure, single factor index method, geoaccumulation index method, Nemerow multi-factor index method, pollution load index method and potential ecological risk index method. It was found in the evaluation process that each method has its limitation. So, some suggestions and methods are put forward to ensure the accuracy of the evaluation results, thus providing technical and manage...
