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 Information Sheet - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
  Several PAHs and mixtures of PAHs have been shown to be genotoxic and to cause cancer in experimental animals. Humans may be exposed to PAHs in the air, water and food, or dermally, orally and by inhalation to PAH residues present in soil, particularly in former “brownfield” sites, such as former gasworks sites. It is important to assess the risk posed by PAHs present at such sites.
  Added/updated: 21 December 2010
  
• Contaminated Land Information Sheet - General advice on using potentially contaminated residential land and gardens
  General advice for Councils to use when communicating with residents whose properties are being investigated as potentially contaminated land under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
  Added/updated: 4 November 2010
  
• Contaminated Land Information Sheet - Benzene
  Benzene is an organic compound and a member of a group of chemicals called aromatic hydrocarbons, which includes other related compounds such as toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (collectively known as BTEX).
  Added/updated: 5 July 2010
  
• Contaminated Land Information Sheet - Cadmium
  In the UK, cadmium is naturally present in many soils, at concentrations that exceed the Soil Guideline Value. However, there is little evidence that adverse health effects occur following general environmental exposure to cadmium.
  Added/updated: 5 July 2010