Course: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health

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Brownfields

Explore the definition of Brownfields

Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greenspaces and working lands.

Click here to access and read the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields website.

ATSDR definition of Land Reuse Sites

The following website from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is one that focuses on Brownfields/Land Reuse Health Initiative.  As you read through the webpages make sure to identify the interpretation that the ATSDR provides towards the definition of Land Reuse Sites.

Click here to access and read the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) on Land Reuse Health Initiative.