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Interview — Soil contamination: the unsettling legacy of industrialisation

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Article Published 30 Sep 2019 Last modified 29 Aug 2023

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Soil contamination is an issue that is strongly linked to our common past and part of the story of how Europe first became the industrial and later the environmental frontrunner in the world. We talked to Mark Kibblewhite, Emeritus Professor at Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and one of Europe’s leading soil experts, to better understand the issue of soil contamination.