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Contaminated Sites in Europe : Review of the Current Situation Based on Data Collected through a European Network
Joint Authors
Panagos, Panos
Montanarella, Luca
Yigini, Yusuf
Van Liedekerke, Marc
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-06-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Under the European Union (EU) Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection, the European Commission has identified soil contamination as a priority for the collection of policy-relevant soil data at European scale.
In order to support EU soil management policies, soil-related indicators need to be developed which requires appropriate data collection and establishment of harmonized datasets for the EU Member States.
In 2011-12, the European Soil Data Centre of the European Commission conducted a project to collect data on contaminated sites from national institutions in Europe using the European Environment Information and Observation Network for soil (EIONET-SOIL).
This paper presents the results obtained from analysing the soil contaminated sites data submitted by participating countries.
According to the received data, the number of estimated potential contaminated sites is more than 2.5 million and the identified contaminated sites around 342 thousand.
Municipal and industrial wastes contribute most to soil contamination (38%), followed by the industrial/commercial sector (34%).
Mineral oil and heavy metals are the main contaminants contributing around 60% to soil contamination.
In terms of budget, the management of contaminated sites is estimated to cost around 6 billion Euros (€) annually.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Panagos, Panos& Van Liedekerke, Marc& Yigini, Yusuf& Montanarella, Luca. 2013. Contaminated Sites in Europe : Review of the Current Situation Based on Data Collected through a European Network. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Panagos, Panos…[et al.]. Contaminated Sites in Europe : Review of the Current Situation Based on Data Collected through a European Network. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Panagos, Panos& Van Liedekerke, Marc& Yigini, Yusuf& Montanarella, Luca. Contaminated Sites in Europe : Review of the Current Situation Based on Data Collected through a European Network. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450509
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-450509