The Polluted Sites and Soils section of InfoTerre is developed by BRGM in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment. It covers pollution, mainly of industrial origin, of sites, soils and groundwater.
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Home page of the InfoTerre Polluted sites and soils website.

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Cap de la Hague lighthouse, Normandy
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Pyroxenite block quarry (Central Africa, 2021).
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Quarry at Campu d'Ava (Calvi, France).
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