Why are brownfield sites dangerous

Provides compliance information about site assessment and clean-up activities on brownfields. Who determines that a brownfield site needs to be cleaned up? Who pays for assessment and clean-up of a brownfields site? Is there a potentially responsible party? What are the hazards at brownfield sites? To be truly classified as a superfund, the site was mismanaged with hazardous waste being dumped or left out in the open. The kinds of sites that might make the superfund list include landfills, abandoned chemical treatment plants, metalworking factories, old military testing sites, and other places where dangerous chemicals were once used in various types of activities.

A site will be investigated when problems arise and once investigated, the clean up can begin. If one of your current or pre-existing sites has been contaminated or been placed on the National Priorities List, then contact Broadview Waste Services today. We can help you with all manner of hazardous waste disposal and beyond. We have a flawless compliance record and have worked with many different clients and industries.

This can occur before, during, or after redevelopment. Redeveloping brownfields is good public health practice. Revitalizing brownfield sites can improve public health by preventing exposure to hazardous substances, offering an opportunity to bring people and jobs back to areas, resolving neighborhood blight, increasing community connectivity, restoring ecological balance, reducing the effects of urban heat islands, and promoting physical activity and recreation. The Minnesota Department of Health MDH is one of several state agencies that may play a role in brownfield assessment and redevelopment efforts.

MDH can be requested to evaluate brownfields by citizens, local governments, other state agencies or the U. Environmental Protection Agency. We work with stakeholders to ensure that investigations and cleanups consider and address public health concerns. The brownfield and health data were mapped onto ward-level data to calculate the percentage of brownfield land within each ward.

After controlling for variables such as age, sex, economic background as well as other forms of environmental deprivation, wards with large areas of brownfield had a 15 per cent increase in ill health, including a 14 per cent increase in limiting long term illness, compared to wards with little to no brownfield.

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