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Land Contamination

Land Fill

Land is used by society in various ways including leisure, production of food crops, industrial and residential uses. As a result people can become exposed to any chemicals that are present in soils due to previous industrial activities, accidental releases or those that occur naturally. Consequently legislation is in place to protect the environment and human health from such chemicals.

  • Contaminated Land Information Sheets

    The Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards is publishing a series of Contaminated Land Information Sheets. These documents provide advice on emerging issues related to contaminated land. They have been produced so that the HPA can provide advice in a consistent and standardised manner.
  • Contaminated Land Clarification Notes
    The HPA Contaminated Land Clarification Note Series is published in order to set out the Agency's opinion on a range of topics related to contaminated land risk assessment practices.  The documents are intended for the use of HPA staff when asked for advice on contaminated land risk assessments in order to ensure that advice given is consistent and fully justified.  Other stakeholders are, however,  welcome to make use of the series to anticipate the HPA's opinion on contaminated land issues.
  • Checklist for chronic land contamination incidents (PDF, 48 KB)
    Designed for health protection professionals, this checklist includes recommendations for initial response, incident investigation, remedial action and post incident questions for contaminated land sites.  It also provides specific actions for allotment sites and sites being redeveloped.
  • Understanding risks from contaminated land training course
    Details of one-day courses run by the Health Protection Agency designed to give delegates an understanding of how legislative and organisational frameworks underpin contaminated land risk assessment and how to provide an appropriate timely response in relation to public health risks.

 
  • Questions and answers about contaminated land
    Land is used by society in various ways including leisure, production of food crops, industrial and residential uses. As a result people can become exposed to any chemicals that are present in soils due to previous industrial activities, accidental releases or those that occur naturally.
    Added/updated: 2 November 2010

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