HOW MANY MORE HEADACHES CAN WE COPE WITH? 11,000 is a lot of headaches. This is the number of properties that are potentially contaminated in and around Christchurch. The owners will be contacted in the next few weeks. EQC will cover the costs on those houses with serious land damage but for the rest its your own problem. Testing costs $5000 with the only advice being if results are positive. those on affected properties should ensure they practised good personal hygiene, kept soil out of the house, washed homegrown fruit and vegetables thoroughly, and ensured young children did not eat soil. The earthquakes have certainly thrown up all the issues weve been ignoring in the past decades. We would like to hope that therell be some changes in terms of making those polluting land responsible and for informing buyers when this land is ultimately sold. It would be nice to think that something positive comes out of Christchurchs pain, wouldnt it?
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 20:40:34 +0000
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