Defra funds clean-up of River Severn island

摘要

The government is giving more than £300,000 to Gloucester City Council to help pay for the clean-up of contaminated soil on a River Severn island.rnDefra is making the grant after tests revealed six gardens and two mobile home sites on the island were contaminated with deadly toxins.rnElevated levels of lead and benzo-a-pyrene, a carcinogenic chemical found in cigarette smoke, were detected in the land, previously a site of heavy industry,rnincluding lime and brick works.rnThe contaminants were found during Environment Agency flood defence work in 2006.