Design and supervise remediation to remove traces of benzene and ensure CO2 and methane levels were controlled at a housing estate in England
Design and supervise remediation to remove traces of benzene and ensure CO2 and methane levels were controlled at a housing estate in England
2 PagesCase Study: Muir Group Housing Association Background Design and supervise remediation to remove traces of benzene and ensure CO2 and methane levels were controlled at a housing estate in England for the Muir Group Housing Association. Our Approach In 2005, the unusual deaths of two toddlers from acute myeloid leukemia sparked the assessment and remediation of a housing estate in Leftwich, England (35 km southwest of Manchester). The girls lived in houses backing onto each other. The estate was built in 1994 on 4 m of primarily inert landfill such as clay, sand, gravel, building rubble plus small amounts of vegetation, metal fragments, paint tins and other detritus. The Health Protection Agency conducted an assessment of whether the deaths were related, noting that the cause might be viral
