Gyeonggi Health and Environment Research Institute "Heavy Metals Detected in Soil at 4 Sites Including Industrial Complexes"

Soil Contamination Survey

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Heavy metals exceeding the standard levels were detected in four locations, including industrial complexes in Gyeonggi Province.

The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment announced on the 3rd that from April to December last year, it conducted a soil contamination survey on 301 areas of concern and detected heavy metals exceeding the standard levels in four locations, including industrial complexes.

The 301 areas of concern for soil contamination include industrial complexes, factory areas, and traffic-related facility areas. The survey items included 22 substances such as heavy metals like lead, petroleum substances like benzene and toluene, and organophosphates.

The four locations where substances exceeding the standard levels were identified in this survey are: ▲ Ansan-si industrial complex and factory area (fluoride 1,074 mg/kg (standard 800 mg/kg)) ▲ Seongnam-si traffic-related facility area (copper 9,667.7 mg/kg (standard 2,000 mg/kg), zinc 6,887.3 mg/kg (standard 2,000 mg/kg)) ▲ Uiwang-si civil complaint area (arsenic 422.55 mg/kg (standard 200 mg/kg)) ▲ Gwangmyeong-si children's playground area (arsenic 28.12 mg/kg (standard 25 mg/kg)).

The Institute of Health and Environment notified the respective cities of the survey results. The cities will proceed with detailed investigations and soil remediation procedures through the landowners of areas exceeding the soil contamination concern standards.

Seong Yeon-guk, head of the Air Environment Research Department at the Institute of Health and Environment, stated, "We will continue to make efforts to provide residents with a pleasant and safe soil environment by conducting detailed investigations on concerning points identified in the annual soil contamination survey, preventing soil contamination, and remediating contaminated soil."

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