25th March 2011, 02:19 PM
P Prentice Wrote:yep its reasonable to expect a bit of asbestos in a green field and it is reasonable to expect some nasty chemicals on an industrial brownfield.
FYI actually the acid was in a university college flowerbed (in what has been an ornamental garden since pre-1850), doubtless some bit of 1920s unfinished homework? - but supporting the general thrust of my arguement that anything can turn up anywhere so you can't plan/make risk assessments for it