Land contamination can devalue your property and risk the health of others. Don’t risk prosecution and expensive clean-up costs. Take appropriate action when undertaking any activities that could cause contamination. Chemical handling and storage store hazardous materials including fuel, oils and chemicals, in correctly segregated, bunded and covered areas so that accidental spills cannot reach […]
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Contamination means the condition of land or water where any chemical substance or waste has been added at above acceptable background levels and represents, or potentially represents, an adverse health or environmental impact. Contamination of land most often results from past land uses. It can arise from a range of activities that took place on
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What is Contaminated Land? Contaminated land is a land site that may endanger human beings, fauna and flora. More and more in recent years, sites indicated as contaminated could have major land usage, law and financial inferences. Because of its considerable effects on environmental, social and financial values, considerations of contamination of land and effective
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What is contaminated land? It is land area that could reasonably put in jeopardy human health and the environment. Increasingly, sites noted as ‘contaminated’ could also present considerable planning, legislative and fiscal implications. Because of the growing list of effects (environmental, social, commercial), awareness of land contamination and ways to remedy it have grown in
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How to check for Land Contamination: A review of the site activities and history provides a starting point to assess whether current or past use may have contributed to contamination of the site. This includes consideration of whether the site or adjacent sites may be associated with potentially contaminating activities; complaints about pollution or illegal
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