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The Leader

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BBC investigation prompts Wrexham contaminated land proposal.

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2658255...

#Wrexham #contaminatedland #Buried #foreverchemicals

BBC contaminated land documentary leads Wrexham to consider change to monitoring

A group of Independent councillors has submitted proposals to change how Wrexham Council monitors and manages historic contaminated waste sites…

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September 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM

Alec Doyle - LDR

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BBC contaminated land documentary leads Wrexham to consider change to monitoring.

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2658255...

#Wrexham #contaminatedland #Buried #foreverchemicals #LDReporter

BBC contaminated land documentary leads Wrexham to consider change to monitoring

A group of Independent councillors has submitted proposals to change how Wrexham Council monitors and manages historic contaminated waste sites…

www.leaderlive.co.uk

September 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM

joegeesin.bsky.social

@joegeesin.bsky.social

Today marks 8 years at Worcestershire Regulatory Services as an Environmental Health Technical Officer, including 6 as Petroleum Officer (Trading Standards).

#WRS #EnvironmentalHealth #Petrol #TradingStandards #ContaminatedLand

July 1, 2026 at 6:58 PM

Earthworks-Jobs.com

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MSc Applied Environmental Geoscience - Cork, Ireland - www.earthworks-jobs.com/geoscience/u... - #jobs #MSc #Environmentalscience #Geoscience #hydrogeology #hydrology #ContaminatedLand #civil #Engineering #Geology #EarthScience #Geography

Geoscience Jobs : Earthworks : MSc Applied Environmental Geoscience - Cork, Ireland - University College Cork <div id="title">MSc Applied Environmental Geoscience </div> <div id="city"> Cork </div> ...

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January 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM

The Leader

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Ex-Monsanto secretary says Wrexham documentary raised health fears.

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2655935...

#Wrexham #Monsanto #contaminatedland

‘I loved working at Monsanto – now I’m afraid it may have harmed my family’s health’

A former secretary who worked at Monsanto's Wrexham plant says her happy memories have been replaced with health fears after it was revealed…

www.leaderlive.co.uk

September 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM

Alec Doyle - LDR

@alecdoyle-ldr.bsky.social

‘I loved working at Monsanto – now I’m afraid it may have harmed my family’s health’

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2655935...

#Wrexham #Monsanto #contaminatedland #LDReporter

‘I loved working at Monsanto – now I’m afraid it may have harmed my family’s health’

A former secretary who worked at Monsanto's Wrexham plant says her happy memories have been replaced with health fears after it was revealed…

www.leaderlive.co.uk

September 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM

The Leader

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£16m care home approved despite lead and arsenic discovery.

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2645133...

#Flintshire #planning #carehome #contaminatedland

Lead and arsenic found on £16m Flintshire care home site won't stop development

The discovery of harmful levels of lead and arsenic on an historic Flintshire hotel site will not stop a £16 million care home proposal after…

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August 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Alec Doyle - LDR

@alecdoyle-ldr.bsky.social

Lead and arsenic found on £16m Flintshire care home site won't stop development.

www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2645133...

#Flintshire #planning #carehome #contaminatedland #LDReporter

Lead and arsenic found on £16m Flintshire care home site won't stop development

The discovery of harmful levels of lead and arsenic on an historic Flintshire hotel site will not stop a £16 million care home proposal after…

www.leaderlive.co.uk

August 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM

Gareth Simkins

@garethsimkins.bsky.social

I've written some shocking stories over the years but this one, based on the @EICUKtweets report launched today, may take the biscuit. Some stunning misbehaviour aided and abetted by miserably poor regulation of #ContaminatedLand. #Contam2018...

November 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM

Gareth Simkins

@garethsimkins.bsky.social

I had to cut back my story on the nasty hexavalent chromium #contaminatedland affecting Rutherglen and Glasgow https://www.endsreport.com/article/1579195/why-its-taking-20-years-clean-one-scotlands-polluted-industrial-sites so I thought I would put this horrible detail about its...

November 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM

Gareth Simkins

@garethsimkins.bsky.social

I had heard on the grapevine that this research on the legacy of #contaminatedland from the #GrenfellTower disaster was going to be shocking. I did not know that it was going to be stunning. Gov response so far has been miserably poor....

November 25, 2024 at 8:01 AM

Cheryl Lynne Bradley - Canadian Author

@cheryllynnebradley.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtu... Port Hope: Big nuclear plan leaves small town wrestling with radioactive past #porthope #largestnuclearplantintheworld #lowgraderadioactivewaste #uraniummine #onpoli #nuclear #ontpoli #cdnpoli #contaminatedland #25yearcleanup

Big nuclear plan leaves small town wrestling with radioactive past

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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May 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM

Environment+Energy Leader

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News from E+E Leader 🌿 How do we tackle the growing challenge of contaminated land?

With nearly 9,000 sites across the U.S. burdened by PFAS, Remedy Scientific is revolutionizing… http://dlvr.it/TKB3Nw #EnvironmentalRemediation #ContaminatedLand #PFAS #SustainableGrowth #CleanCommunities

April 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM

EarlyCareers.co.uk

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#GeoEnvironmental #GraduateJobs #ManchesterJobs #EngineeringCareers #ContaminatedLand #Ancoats #Salford #MediaCityUK #Trafford #OldTrafford #Chorlton #Didsbury #Stockport #Bolton #Wigan #Rochdale

March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Glenn Vowles

@enviroman.bsky.social

'Thousands of sites potentially contaminated with toxic chemicals in Britain have never been checked by councils...'
#contaminatedland
Massive underfunding of local government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...