NEWS & UPDATES

• CLAIRE - Latest news
• DEFRA - Latest news
• EDIE - Latest contaminated land & construction news
• Environment Agency - Latest news
• Environment Protection UK - Latest land quality news
• EUGRIS - What's new
• European Environment Agency - Latest news
• The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency - What's new

• Brownfield Briefing - Subscription contaminated land & brownfield news
• EM Publishing: Contaminated Land Bulletin - Subscription news
• ENDS: Europe Daily Environment News - Subscription news
• ENDS: Report Bulletin Environment News - Subscription news
• Ground Engineering at New Civil Engineer - Ground engineering news
• Regen Net - Regeneration news

• Earthwire - Environment news
• Environmental News Network - Environment news [US]
• The Guardian - Environment news
• The Independent - Environment news
• The Times Online - Environment news
• WWF - Environment news

 

CONTAMINATED LAND RESOURCE SITES

• CIEH - Contaminated land
• CIEH: Standing Conference on Land Contamination - Local Authority Contaminated Land Officer network
• CIRIA: Contaminated Land Portal - Contaminated land guidance database
• CLAIRE - Pomoting sustainable remediation
• Contaminated Land.co.uk - Contaminated land portal [no longer updated]
• DEFRA - Land, soil & contamination
• EDIE - Contaminated land & construction information portal
• Environment Agency - Land quality pages
• Environmental Protection UK - Land quality pages
• EUGRIS - Portal for soil & water management in Europe

 

FORUMS, BLOGS & DISCUSSION BOARDS

• ContamLand - Contaminated land blog [little current activity]
• Jiscmail Contaminated Land Management Forum - [little current activity]
• Jiscmail Contaminated Land Strategies Forum - Forum
• North East Contaminated Land Forum - Forum
• The Scottish Contaminated Land Forum - Forum
• US EPA: Tech-Direct Superfund Innovative Technologies Forum - Forum [US]

 

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

• Business Link - Government environmental advice for business
• Envirowise - Government environmental advice for business
• Net Regs - Government environmental advice for business

• Be Compliant - Subscription compliance information for hazardous waste producers
• Croner Environmental Management Services - Subscription corporate environmental compliance resources

 

CHEMICAL INFORMATION & TOXICOLOGY
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry - [US]
• Food Standards Agency - Food safety regulation & advice
• Health Protection Agency - Chemicals and Poisons Unit

• Committee on Carcinogicity - Further consideration of the Margins of Exposure approach to toxicological assessment [2007]
• HPA - Clarification note on use of excess lifetime cancer risk estmates for BaP [2007]

• Environmental Chemistry.com - General environmental chemistry resources [US]

• EXTOXNET - Universities pesticide toxicology database [US]
• FOOTPRINT - European pesticide properties database [EU]
• IPCS INCHEM - International chemical safety database
• IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System Database - Substance database [US]
• IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System Database - What's New Updates [US]
• Pennsylvania Dep of Env Chemical & Physical Properties Database - Chemical database [US]
• Scorecard Database - Toxicology database [US]
• US National Library of Medicine Toxnet Database - Toxicology database [US]

• Chrysotile (asbestos) Institute - Asbestos resources [US]
• Medline Plus: Chemical Emergency Resources - Chemical emergency resources [US]
• US EPA: MTBE Resources - MTBE resources [US]
• Medline Plus: Lead Information & Resources - Lead resources [US]
• London Arsenic Group - Arsenic resources, especially regarding the Indian subcontinent
• Petroleum Environmental Research Forum - Petroleum resources [US]

 

GEOLOGICAL & GEOTECHNICAL RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• British Geological Survey - Earth science inforation & resources
• British Geological Survey GeoIndex Mapping - Online geomaps
• Geo Engineer Website - Geoengineering resources [Greece]
• Geo Forum - Geoengineering resources & forum
• Geological Society - Professional institute for geo-professionals

 

HYDROGEOLOGY RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Environment Agency: Groundwater Resources - Groundwater resources
• The Groundwater Foundation - Groundwater education & protection [US]
• Sheffield University Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group - Groundwater research group
• SNIFFER: Water Framework Directive Visual - Water visualisation tool
• The UK Groundwater Forum - Groundwater resources

• LQM: How to Monitored Natural Attenuation Site - Online MNA training

 

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Environment Agency: Radioactively Contaminated Land - Resources

• DEFRA - Industry Profile for Industrial Activities which have used Radioactive Materials - Guidance document
• DEFRA - RCLEA Radioactively Contaminated Land Exposure Methodology - Guidance document

• COMARE: Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment - Medical radiation regulatory body
• HSE: Radiation Information - Radiation resources
• HPA: Radiation Information - Guidance & advice
• International Committee on Radiological Protection - Research & advice
• Radwaste Portal - Radioactive waste resources
• Safegrounds Network - Guidance for contaminated land on nuclear & defence sites

• HPA Indicative Radon Atlas - Indicative UK radon atlas
• HPA Radon Resources - Radon information & guidance
• UK Radon - Radon risk reports & measurement

 

RISK ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

- HUMAN HEALTH
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Environment Agency - SC050021/SR2 Human Health Toxicological Assessment of Contaminants in Soil [2008]
• Environment Agency - SC050021/SR3 Updated Technical Background to the CLEA Model [2008]
• Environment Agency - CLEA Software and Associated Handbook [2008]
• Environment Agency - CLEA Model updated to v1.06 [2009]
• Environment Agency - Published reports relevant to CLEA [2008]

• Atkins: Atrisk Soil Screening Values Site - Commercial risk screening values
• CL:AIRE / AGS / EIC - Generic Assessment Criteria (GACs) [2009]

• GEO MEM: RBCA Toolkit Discussion Forum - RBCA risk model forum [US]
• New Zealand Environment Ministry: Risk Assessment Site - Risk assessment resorces [New Zealand]
• RISC: Human Health Risk Assessment Model - Human health risk assessment model [Netherlands]
• TRIAD Resource Centre: Smarter Solutions to Site Cleanup - Risk assessment resorces [US]
• US EPA: CLU-IN Risk Assessment Software & Tools - Risk assessment resorces [US]
• US EPA: National Center for Environmental Assessment - Risk assessment resources [US]

- RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATED LAND
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• DEFRA: RCLEA Site - Human health risk model for radioactively contaminated land

- GROUNDWATER
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Environment Agency: Protection of Controlled Waters - Groundwater resources and risk assessment
• Golder Associates: ConSim - Commercial groundwater/leaching risk assessment model

• US EPA: GWERD Groundwater Resources - Groundwater & environmental risk assessment resources [US]

- LANDFILL GAS, HYDROCARBONS & VAPOURS
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Golder Associates: GasSim - Commercial landill gas volume & trace component risk assessment tool

• New Zealand Environment Ministry: Hydrocarbon Risk Assessment Methodology - Hydrocarbon risk assessment resources [New Zealand]
• US AEHS: TPH Working Group - Hydocarbons risk assessment resources [US]
• US EPA: GWERD Vapour Intrusion Resources - Vapour intrusion risk assessment resources [US]
• US Interstate Technology & Research Council: Vapour Intrusion Resources - Vapour intrusion risk assessment resources [US]

- BIOACCESSIBILITY
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• Environment Agency : Bioaccesibility Pages - Bioaccessibility resources

• BARGE: Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe - Bioacessibility resources [EU]

 

RISK COMMUNICATION RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• CLARINET: Risk Communication for Contaminated Land] - Communication paper [EU]
• NICOLE: Communication on Contaminated Land - Communication advice [EU]
• SNIFFER: Communicating Contaminated Land Risks - Communication advice

 

USE OF STATISTICS IN SITE ASSESSMENT
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• CEWG Code of Practice: Statistical Basis for Sentencing of Radioactively Contaminated Soils - Guidance document on statistical treatment of radioactive wastes
• CLAIRE: Guidance on Comparing Soil Contamination Data with a Critical Concentration - Use of statistics guidance
• CLAIRE: Technical Bulletin on Improving the Reliability of Contaminated Land Assessment Using Statistical Methods - Use of statistics guidance paper
• LQM: Use & Misuse of CLR7 Acceptance Tests for Assessment of Risk - [For purchase] use of statistics guidance paper

 

REMEDIATION RESOURCES

- GENERAL REMEDIATION RESOURCES

• BSI: BS 3882 - Specification for Topsoil - [For Purchase] topsoil specification
• DEFRA: Soils in the Built Environment - Advice on soil treatment during construction

• SURF - Sustainable Remediation Forum - Network promoting sustainability in remediation [US]
• FRTR: Remediation Technologies Matrix - Remediation technology selection matrix [US]
• Tech Tree: Contaminated Land Technology Glossary - Remediation educational glossary [US]

- WASTE MANAGEMENT

• CLAIRE - Industry voluntary code of practice on the definition of waste
• Environment Agency: Environmental Permitting - Waste and pollution control regulation
• WRAP: Waste Acceptance Criteria Resources - Waste acceptance criteria resources

- IN SITU REMEDIATION

• Bioremediation Discussion Group - Bioremediation forum [US]
• CLARRC: Bioremediation LINK Programme - Bioremediation resources
• Cambridge Universty STARNET: Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation Network - Stabilisation/solidification resources
• CLAIRE: SABRE Project (Source Area in situ BioREmediation) for chlorinated solvents - Chlorinated solvents remediation research
• Cranfield University: PROMISE Optimising Biopile Processes for Hydrocarbons - Bioremediation resources
• US EPA IINERT: Soils-Metals Action Team - In situ metals remediation resources [being discontinued] [US]
• US EPA NAPL Remediation Action Team - Non aquious phase liquid remediation resources [being doscontinued] [US]
• US EPA Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents Action Team - Chlorinated solvents remediation resources [being discontinued] [US]
• US EPA Sediments Remediation Action Team - Contaminated sediments remediation resources [being doscontinued] [US]

- GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION

• Banger University: Bangor Acidophile Research Team - Acidophile research & acid mine drainage remediation
• US EPA Permeable Reactive Barrier Action Team - PRB resources [being discontinued] [US]

- PHYTOREMEDIATION & FORESTRY

• Forestry Commission: Land Regeneration & Urban Greening Project - Use of trees in regeneration
• US EPA Phytoremediation of Organics Action Team - Phytoremediation resources [US]