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Assessment of health risks in the redevelopment of contaminated land

Assessment of health risks in the redevelopment of contaminated land
Assessment of health risks in the redevelopment of contaminated land
Guide-lines and codes of practice for the redevelopment of contaminated sites should address acceptable residual levels of contamination of substances which are potentially harmful to the prospective user of the site. The Paper discusses the commonly used rules and guide-lines with reference to this issue, and highlights some apparent anomalies. The difficulties involved in taking proper account of the toxicological significance of contaminants are explored. The practicability of codes and standards quantifying trigger and/or target levels of contaminants is also addressed. Although the scope for quantitative codes of practice is limited by the probable individuality of any particular case, procedures can and should be codified. More of the existing data on substances used in industrial processes and their possible harmful effects could usefully be collated into a form more amenable to the appraisal of contaminated sites.
reclamation, control, contaminated land, site investigation, environmental engineering, pollution migration
0016-8505
5-12
Solomon, C.L.
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Powrie, W.
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Solomon, C.L.
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Powrie, W.
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Solomon, C.L. and Powrie, W. (1992) Assessment of health risks in the redevelopment of contaminated land. Géotechnique, 42 (1), 5-12.

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Abstract

Guide-lines and codes of practice for the redevelopment of contaminated sites should address acceptable residual levels of contamination of substances which are potentially harmful to the prospective user of the site. The Paper discusses the commonly used rules and guide-lines with reference to this issue, and highlights some apparent anomalies. The difficulties involved in taking proper account of the toxicological significance of contaminants are explored. The practicability of codes and standards quantifying trigger and/or target levels of contaminants is also addressed. Although the scope for quantitative codes of practice is limited by the probable individuality of any particular case, procedures can and should be codified. More of the existing data on substances used in industrial processes and their possible harmful effects could usefully be collated into a form more amenable to the appraisal of contaminated sites.

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Published date: March 1992
Keywords: reclamation, control, contaminated land, site investigation, environmental engineering, pollution migration
Organisations: Civil Engineering & the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 75658
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/75658
ISSN: 0016-8505
PURE UUID: f5407fa7-9773-48cf-b6f8-c3e7e8a22fb1
ORCID for W. Powrie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-0826

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 01:38

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Author: C.L. Solomon
Author: W. Powrie ORCID iD

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