US EditionPotential Leaks From Thousands of Landfills Threaten Europe’s Water and Wildlife
Mapping reveals up to 500,000 European landfills, with 30% in flood-risk zones and 30,000 in protected sites, many lacking modern containment before 1999 regulations.
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Europe’s landfill crisis exposed: new map reveals toxic cocktail of environmental risks
Thousands of landfills across Europe lie in flood-risk zones, areas which could endanger drinking water or sensitive conservation sites, Investigate Europe and Watershed Investigations can reveal in the largest landfill mapping exercise ever undertaken across the continent.
The Spanish aquifers are contaminated by nitrates, faecal waters and other compounds that are slowly ruining the underground water resources. It is not a minor problem, as the latest reports indicate that almost half of the country’s aquifers are in poor condition, for one reason or another. Now, a European-wide study warns of a new threat: the increasingly intense DANAs and their consequent floods can aggravate the situation due to the numerous…
140,000 European landfills at risk of flooding, finds mapping project
MRW 140,000 European landfills at risk of flooding, finds mapping project Coalition of investigative journalists say Europe’s largest ever landfill mapping project has found almost a third of known sites lie in flood-risk zones140,000 European landfills at risk of flooding, finds mapping project MRW Reporter
Thousands of landfills are located in flood-prone areas across Europe, posing a serious environmental and health risk due to the potential leakage of toxic substances, The Guardian wrote.
An analysis by Investigator Europe — an international media network to which infoFree is a part — and Watershed Investigations reveals that thousands of landfill sites across Europe are located in areas at risk of flooding, areas that could endanger drinking water or protected sites.The largest European-level mapping exercise so far has shown that many of these landfills are at risk of leaking toxic chemicals into waterways, which represents a p…
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