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Summary Of: Soil contamination

Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks... Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks... Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks... The concern over soil contamination stems primarily from health risks... Thus most soil contamination is the result of pollutants adhering to the soil particle surface... Soil contamination results when hazardous substances are either spilled or buried directly in the soil or migrate... Another source of soil contamination could be water that washes contamination from an area containing hazardous substances and deposits the... large set of health consequences from exposure to soil contamination depending on pollutant type... little widespread awareness of the worldwide scope of soil contamination or its health risks... Thousands of soil contamination cases are currently in active cleanup across the U...

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