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Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
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Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subje...
Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the context of the new UK contaminated land regime and includes human and ecological risk assessment methodology, and the legal liabilities and insurance aspects of contaminated land.This authoritative review
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2001
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- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781847550170, 1591244196, 9780854042753, 085404275X, 9781591244196, 1847550177
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- ocm48533714, ocm50745497
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- CONTENTS; The Extent of Contaminated Land Problems and the Scientific Response; 1 The Origins of Contaminated Land Problems; 2 The Extent of the Challenge; 3 Developments in the Science Base; 4 Conclusions; 5 Acknowledgements; The New UK Contaminated Land Regime; 1 Introduction; 2 The Context forPart IIA; 3 The Part IIA System; 4 Dealing with 'Risk'; 5 Making People Pay; 6 Part IIA as a 'Regulatory System'; 7 The State of Play; 8 What Next?; Identifying and Dealing with Contaminated Land; 1 Introduction; 2 Site Assessment; 3 Risk Management; 4 Measurement of Site Contamination; 5 Conclusions
- Contaminated Land and the Link with Health1 Introduction; 2 Exposure; 3 Health Studies; 4 Case Studies; 5 Conclusion; Human Health Risk Assessment: Guideline Values and Magic Numbers; 1 Land Contamination Policy; 2 Risk Assessment; 3 What Is a Guideline Value?; 4 The Use of Guideline Values; 5 The CLEA Model; 6 The SNIFFER Framework; 7 Conclusions; 8 Acknowledgements; Ecological Risk Assessment under the New Contaminated Land Regime; 1 Background and Legal Context; 2 Harm to Ecological Receptors; 3 General Approach to the Assessment of Land Under the NewRegime
- 4 Assessing Whether Significant Harm to Ecological Receptors Is Occurring5 Assessing the Possibility of Significant Harm Occurring; 6 The Environment Agency's Suggested Approach; 7 Guideline Values; 8 Comments and Discussion; Remediation Methods for Contaminated Sites; 1 Introduction; 2 Summary of Remediation Approaches; 3 Selected Innovative Approaches; 4 Summary and Conclusions; Legal Liabilities and Insurance Aspects of Contaminated Land; 1 Introduction; 2 Contaminated Land; 3 Statutory Provisions in the UK; 4 Sale of Land/Businesses; 5 Principles of Insurance
- 6 History of Environmental Insurance7 Land Owners and Environmental Liabilities; 8 Pollution Liabilities for Contaminated Land Sites; 9 Current Manufacturing Activities; 10 Environmental Insurance; 11 Environmental Consultants; 12 Collateral Warranties; 13 Contractors; 14 An Example; 15 Conclusion; Subject Index
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- Soil pollution -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
- Soil pollution -- Great Britain
- Soil remediation -- Great Britain
- Reclamation of land -- Great Britain
- Risk Management
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- Risk
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- Epidemiologic Measurements
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- Environmental Pollutants
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- Public Health
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- Probability
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- Toxic Actions
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- Organization and Administration
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- Statistics as Topic
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- Chemical Actions and Uses
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- Environment and Public Health
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- Health Services Administration
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- Health Care
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- Epidemiologic Methods
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- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
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- Investigative Techniques
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- Quality of Health Care
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- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
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- Soil Pollutants
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- Risk Assessment
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