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What is contaminated land?
Land is legally defined as 'contaminated land' where substances are causing or could cause:
- significant harm to people, property or protected species
- significant pollution of surface waters (for example lakes and rivers) or groundwater
- harm to people as a result of radioactivity
Land may become contaminated when substances have found their way on or into the ground. Land can be contaminated by things like:
- heavy metals, such as arsenic, cadmium and lead
- oils and tars
- chemical substances and preparations, like solvents
- gases
- asbestos
- radioactive substances