Title: Comparisons of different risk-based approaches for managing contaminated sites

Authors: Viet-Long Duong, Herve Vaillant, Pascal Formisyn

Addresses: Environmental Engineering Department, Centre SIMADE, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 158 Cours Fauriel, 42023, Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France. Environmental Engineering Department, Centre SIMADE, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 158 Cours Fauriel, 42023, Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France. Environmental Engineering Department, Centre SIMADE, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 158 Cours Fauriel, 42023, Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France

Abstract: Over recent years, an increasing public and private concern has arisen over soil contamination following the closure of former industrialised sites or due to publicity over certain ||scandals|| (Love Canal in the United States) which occurred on former redeveloped industrial sites, affecting human health. Subsequently most countries have started a register of all industrial contaminated sites. With the number of contaminated sites and public pressure, governmental and industrial stakeholders have had to devise advisory and/or mandatory policies and methodologies for managing and particularly assessing risks related to these sites. According to country-specific (social, economical, ecological, etc.) contexts, different site-assessment methods have been developed, but they are generally all based to different degrees on an (eco)toxicological risk assessment. The purpose of this article is to provide a comparison of methodologies between several countries.

Keywords: risk assessment; scoring method; referential; contaminated site; hazard; country-specific policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2000.001489

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2000 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.52-68

Published online: 04 Jul 2003 *

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