Links and resources

A wide range of health and environmental organisations are deeply concerned about the crisis of contaminated land across the globe. Many of these have undertaken in-depth research, monitoring progress on how different countries are addressing this crisis and what more needs to be done. You’ll find links to some of these below.

World Health Organisation

Protecting health through urban redevelopment of contaminated sites: planning brief (who.int)

Rehabilitating contaminated sites (who.int)

Environment Agency

State_of_contaminated_land_report.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

UK Parliament

Toxic Materials (Disposal) – Hansard – UK Parliament

News items

Zane Gbangbola: Government ‘asleep at wheel’ over coastal landfill erosion threat, says Labour – Surrey Live (getsurrey.co.uk)