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
• NECLF: North East Contaminated Land Forum - Forum
• SCLF: Scottish Contaminated Land Forum - Forum
• US EPA: Innovative Remediation Technologies Mailing List - Email List [US]
• YCLF: Yorkshire Contaminated Land Forum - Forum

RESOURCE WEBSITES

• Contaminated Land.co.uk - Contaminated land portal [no longer updated]
• EUGRIS - Portal for soil & water management in Europe

CONTAMINATED LAND ORGANISATIONS

• CIEH - Contaminated land page
• CIEH: Standing Conference on Land Contamination - Local Authority Contaminated Land Officer network
• CIRIA: Contaminated Land Portal - Contaminated land guidance database
• CLAIRE - Pomoting sustainable remediation
• DEFRA - Land, soil & contamination [old website pages]
• Department of the Environment Northern Ireland - Land quality pages
• EDIE - Contaminated land & construction information portal
• Environment Agency - Land quality pages
• Environmental Protection UK - Land quality pages
• Health Protection Agency - Contaminated land pages
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency - Land quality pages
• SoBRA - Society of brownfield risk assessment
• Welsh Assembly Government - Land quality pages

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

• Business Link - Government environmental advice for business
• Croner Environmental Management Services - Subscription corporate environmental compliance resources
• Envirowise - Government environmental advice for business
• Lawtel Portal - Commercial compliance resources
• Net Regs - Government environmental advice for business

LEGAL RESOURCES

• The Law Society - Legal resources
• The Society of Construction Law - Construction law resources
• The UK Environmental Law Association - Environmental law resources

• Bills Currently Before Parliament - Legislation before Parliament

• AGS - Loss Prevention Alerts - Contractual, insurance & professional practice advice and information
• BAILII: British and Irish Legal Information Institute - Freely available legal information
• Court Serve Information Centre & Case Law Database - Commercial legal database
• InfoLaw - Legal information & resources
• INTUTE Law Gateway - Legal information & resources
• Office of Public Sector Information: Legislation - Original legislation texts
• Property Law .net - Property, development & planning law
• Swarb Portal - Legal information & resources

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

• Committee on Carcinogicity - Expert advisory panel on carcinogens
• Food Standards Agency - Food safety regulation & advice
• Health Protection Agency - Chemicals and Poisons Unit

• ATSDR: Tox Facts - Comprehensive chemical toxicity database [US]
• Environmental Chemistry.com - General environmental chemistry resources [US]
• EXTOXNET - Universities toxicology information [US]
• FOOTPRINT - European pesticide properties database [EU]
• IPCS INCHEM - International chemical safety database
• IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System Database - Toxicology information [US]
• IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System Database - What's New Updates [US]
• Scorecard Database - Pollution database [US]
• US National Library of Medicine Toxnet Database - Toxicology database [US]

• Chrysotile (asbestos) Institute - Asbestos resources [US]
• London Arsenic Group - Arsenic resources, especially regarding the Indian subcontinent

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 Forum - Geoengineering resources & forum
• Geological Society - Professional institute for geo-professionals

HYDROGEOLOGY RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• EA: Groundwater Resources - Groundwater resources
• Groundwater Foundation - Groundwater education & protection [US]
• Sheffield University Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group - Groundwater research group
• UK Groundwater Forum - Groundwater resources

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

• DECC: Industry Profile for Industrial Activities which have used Radioactive Materials - Guidance document
• Environment Agency: Radioactively Contaminated Land - Resources
• RCLEA: Radioactively Contaminated Land Exposure Methodology - Exposure assessment

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

• HPA: Radon Resources - Radon information & guidance
• HPA: UK Radon - UK reference site for radon

RISK ASSESSMENT (HUMAN HEALTH) RESOURCES
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 - Commercial risk screening values
• CIEH / LQM - Generic Assessment Criteria (GACs) 2nd Edition (for purchase) [2009]
• CL:AIRE / AGS / EIC - Generic Assessment Criteria (GACs) [2009]

• Committee on Carcinogicity - Further consideration of the Margins of Exposure approach to toxicological assessment [2007]
• DEFRA - Science and Research Project: Potential Health Effects of Contaminants in Soil [2010]
• DEFRA - Non-statutory Guidance on the Legal Definition of Contaminated Land [2008]
• HPA - Clarification note on use of excess lifetime cancer risk estmates for BaP [2007]

• CIEH - Professional Practice Note on Reviewing Reports Invoking Oral Bioaccesbility [2009]
• EA: Bioaccesibility - Bioaccessibility resources
• BARGE: Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe - Bioacessibility resources [EU]

• 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]

RISK ASSESSMENT (GROUNDWATER) RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• EA: 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]

RISK ASSESSMENT (GAS & VAPOUR) RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• BSI - BS8485 Code of Practice for the Characterisation and Remediation of Ground Gas in Affected Developments (for purchase) [2007]
• CIRIA - 665 Assessing Risks Posed by Hazardous Ground Gases to Buildings (for purchase) [2007]
• CIRIA - 682 VOCs Investigating and Asseesing Risks from VOCs at Land Affected by Contamination (for purchase) [2009]
• Golder Associates: GasSim - Commercial landill gas volume & trace component risk assessment tool
• NHBC - Guidance on the Evaluation of Development Proposals on Sites where Methane and Carbon Dioxide are Present [2007]
• Wilson, Card and Haines - Ground Gas Handbook (for purchase) [2009]

• US EPA: OSWR Vapour Intrusion Guidance - Vapour intrusion risk assessment resources [US]
• US Interstate Technology & Research Council: Vapour Intrusion Resources - Vapour intrusion risk assessment resources [US]

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

• NICOLE: Communication on Contaminated Land - Communication advice [EU]
• SNIFFER: Communicating Contaminated Land Risks - Communication advice

USE OF STATISTICS RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• CLAIRE: Guidance on Comparing Soil Contamination Data with a Critical Concentration - Use of statistics guidance [2008]
• CLAIRE: Improving the Reliability of Contaminated Land Assessment Using Statistical Methods - Paper on use of statistics [2004]
• LQM: Use & Misuse of CLR7 Acceptance Tests for Assessment of Risk - Paper on use of statistics (for purchase) [2004]

REMEDIATION (TECHNOLOGY) RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• CL:AIRE - Remediation technologies papers and case studies
• FRTR: Remediation Technologies Matrix - Remediation technology selection matrix [US]
• Tech Tree: Contaminated Land Technology Glossary - Remediation educational glossary [US]

• Banger University: Bangor Acidophile Research Team - Acidophile research & acid mine drainage remediation
• Bioremediation Discussion Group - Bioremediation forum [US]
• CLARRC: Bioremediation LINK Programme - Bioremediation resources
• Cranfield University: PROMISE Optimising Biopile Processes for Hydrocarbons - Bioremediation resources
• Forestry Commission: Land Regeneration & Urban Greening Project - Use of trees in regeneration

REMEDIATION (EARTHWORKS) RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• BSI: BS 3882 - Specification for Topsoil - Topsoil specification (for purchase)
• CLAIRE - Industry voluntary code of practice on the definition of waste [2008]
• EA: Environmental Permitting - Waste and pollution control regulation
• WRAP: Waste Acceptance Criteria Resources - Waste acceptance criteria resources

REMEDIATION (SUSTAINABILITY) RESOURCES
See library section for further relevant publications and guidance

• CL:AIRE / SURF - Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Soil and Groundwater Remediation
• SURF - Sustainable Remediation Forum - Network promoting sustainability in remediation [US]