Living on polluted soil – NRC

For decades, waste was buried in the ground. What couldn’t be seen couldn’t hurt either. This resulted in hectares of polluted soil in the Netherlands. Now that the housing shortage in the Netherlands is extremely high, much of that polluted soil is being built on. Investigative journalist Karlijn Kuijpers wonders: “How problematic is this building on polluted soil?”

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Guest:
Caroline Kuypers
Presentation:
Gabriella Ader
Editorial:
Iris Verhulsdonk and Stef Visjager
coordination:
Henk Ruigrok van der Werven
Photo:
Merlin Daleman

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