[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Israel set to clean up military industrial sites

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Who will clean up gov't's eco-mess?

Israel is finally set to pass a law aimed at rehabilitating  
contaminated land but question remains – who is responsible for clean  
up efforts and just what will they be responsible for?

Chen Pundak, Calcalist
YNetNews
August 17, 2012

It may be a few decades too late but Israel is finally set to pass a  
law aimed at rehabilitating contaminated land. Israel currently has  
some 1,200 sites with contaminated soil but according to the  
Environment Protection Ministry, Israel has at least 10,000  
contaminated sites – precise figures will only be available after a  
comprehensive national soil survey is conducted.


The bills cost is estimated at NIS 9 billion ($223 million) but the  
cost effectiveness evaluation is NIS 35 billion ($868 million). The  
cause is simple' taking the IMI compound in the Sharon as an example,  
it has 7,500 dunam (1,854 acres) of the most contaminated land in  
Israel will be able to populate some 100,000 people after clean up  
efforts.

The Environmental Protection Ministry bill was approved last year  
after the Adam Teva V'Din, the Israel Union for Environmental Defense  
(IUED) tried to pass the bill through a private initiative. Since  
then the Knesset Internal Affair and Environment Committee has only  
approved half of the sections of the bill.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4269432,00.html

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