{"id":3549,"date":"2022-05-20T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazing.co.uk\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2022-05-20T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T07:38:09","slug":"how-environmental-remediation-can-breathe-new-life-into-contaminated-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nazing.co.uk\/how-environmental-remediation-can-breathe-new-life-into-contaminated-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"How Environmental Remediation Can Breathe New Life Into Contaminated Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In many countries, remediation is paid for by government agencies or by private insurance companies through compulsory insurance schemes. In some cases, such as with asbestos removal, the cost may be borne by people who have had no role in causing the contamination. In other cases, such as lead paint removal, the costs may be passed on to landlords who are required to pay them under law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Environment Remediation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Environmental remediation is the process of removing or neutralising pollution. It can involve decontaminating polluted soil, water and air. Environmental Remediation<\/a> is usually treated as a separate process for which specific goals are defined. Typical goals include reducing the toxicity of a waste material, or its potential to harm human health, or to reduce the risk of environmental damage due to accidental release from a storage site. In many cases, remediation refers to specific actions seeking to fully restore an area. In some cases, it may be advised not to fully restore an area because the cost of doing so may be prohibitively expensive or technically infeasible, or because doing so would not provide any measurable benefit over leaving the site in its current condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contaminants are substances that are present in an environment in amounts greater than normal. They may be harmful to humans, animals or plants, or they may interfere with the function of ecosystems. Contaminants can come from natural sources (such as radon gas) or from human activities such as industrial activity or mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three types of remediation: permanent, short-term and emergency.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Permanent Remediation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Permanent remediation involves cleaning up a site so that it no longer poses an environmental threat. This type of remediation is often used for Superfund sites, which are often former industrial or commercial properties that were contaminated by hazardous materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short-Term Remediation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Short-term remediation is used when there’s an immediate health risk at a site, such as at a former gas station where gasoline was leaking into the groundwater. In this case, the goal is to contain the contamination before it gets into drinking water supplies or other bodies of water. In some cases, you may even decide to remove soil from the area and replace it with clean fill dirt until long-term solutions can be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency Remediation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Emergency remediation happens when there’s an immediate threat to public health or safety from contamination at a site \u2014 for example, if there’s a chemical spill that could contaminate nearby bodies of water or if there’s asbestos in your building’s insulation that needs to be removed as soon as possible so it doesn’t become airborne and cause lung cancer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental contamination can occur accidentally when toxic chemicals leak into the water supply, for example, or intentionally when people dump unwanted chemicals onto vacant land. When contaminants enter the environment, they can affect wildlife directly or indirectly through runoff into rivers and lakes or through leaching into groundwater supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental contamination can have a range of negative effects on ecosystems and humans alike:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n