Man has caused his planet a lot of trouble. The average person was supposed to take care of his home, most of which do. But isn’t the Earth, the planet where all of us live, your home as well? If anything, we need to take special care of the Earth because it’s all we have. This isn’t Total Recall. You can’t just evacuate to Mars and start over on a new planet. The Earth is our home and we need to start caring for it before it’s too late.

Environmental remediation is the branch of science that deals with this issue. The name says it all. “Remediation” is to “apply a remedy or a cure to something” that needs it. In this case, the environment desperately needs it, hence environmental remediation.

Environmental remediation is the process of removing contaminants or pollution from natural media such as surface water, sediment, groundwater, soil, etc. This is done for the benefit of general human health as well as to help preserve the natural environment as much as possible. Remediation is exactly what our dying planet needs right now.

The practice of environmental remediation doesn’t only fall on a few dedicated scientific specialists. Governments around the world are starting to take notice of the discipline, and are implementing regulations to help improve the remediation process.

For example, in the US the federal entity Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) handles much of the government’s stand on environmental remediation. In Japan, the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law was passed in 2003 to help agencies conduct Phase I Environmental Site Assessment reports more freely. Some jurisdictions in Ontario, Canada also observe a similar practice to Japan.

Here are a few locations that have undergone Phase I Environmental Site Assessment testing in the United States.

– Weyerhauser Technology Center, Federal Way, Washington
– Sydney Steel Plant Lands, Sydney, Nova Scotia
– Richmond State Hospital Farm Industrial Park, Wayne County, Indiana
– Mariners Marsh Park, Staten Island, New York
– East Elk Grove Specific Plan, Elk Grove, California
– Dakin Building, Brisbane, California
– Esso Canada Ltd. Former Bulk Fuels Facility, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
– Auke Bay U.S. Postal Facility, Juneau, Alaska

The Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is a special report used to determine the contamination level of a real estate property. But take note other types of reports exist, such as…

1. Phase II Environmental Site Assessment involves collecting samples of building materials, groundwater and soil to determine the degree of contamination. This report is used after Phase I confirms the site is indeed contaminated.

2. Phase III Environmental Site Assessment is used to delineate the extent of contamination following recommendations from Phase II report. This report explains in detail the steps needed to be taken to decontaminate the property.

Environmental remediation is a must if we want to keep this planet going. And we know we do. From global warming to the thinning of the ozone layer, governments need to step up their environmental preservation efforts, and there is no better way than to support the practice of environmental remediation.

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