Concentrations of PAH and PCB in London

The British Geological Survey recently
published an open access study on the
distribution and abundance of organic
pollutants in London soils1 .
The study reflects an opportunity to
characterise soil contamination at different
geographical scales to support site specific
risk-based land management (RBLM).
The policy backdrop for this study is the
coalition Government’s announcement
and implementation of the Environment
Theme Red Tape Challenge2 . Effective
changes arising from the initiative may
end up being quite far reaching, with the
potential archiving of many useful guidance
documents.