Hello~ Bonjour~ Hola~  

For me, it seems as if already a year had passed!!

Long time no see and I missed everyone so much~

I'm back with interesting article dealing about government?s actions to solve ground pollution.

First, let's look at the situation in Korea and then reach further to the international society.  Due to the serious pollution in the U.S military base, the Korean government said it will spend 119 billion won to clean up the area over the next two and a half years, after which it will be transformed into a public park.  Defense Ministry is going to take a survey and reexamination to measure the compensation for those who were mentally, financially, and physically damaged by the site.  In the Han River, which is the mainstream of Seoul, government built a riverside highway which was raised high enough to avoid flooding and deepen the river by allowing more water to flow.  After adding more activities on the river itself Han River is starting to turn into an aqua city.

Now, let us examine confrontations in European Union countries and America.  In Belgium, OVAM, the public waste agency of Flanders, is responsible for soil protection under the October 2006 Decree on Soil Restoration and Soil Protection, and earlier legislation.  Next, in United Kingdom, The UK Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs developed the First Soil Action Plan for England in 2004 and established policy for the cleanup of contaminated land.  Finland's Environmental Protection Act of 2000 prohibited the pollution of the soil or ground water and obliged polluters to notify the environmental authorities of any soil contamination.  Modeled by the United States super fund statutes, the United States Government framed laws to tackle increasing soil pollution and human health in particular.    

Last, move all the way around to the opposite side of the globe, to the Asian countries.  In Malaysia,   The National Land Code, passed in 1965, established policies for how land can be developed.  The Environmental Quality Act of 1974 contained requirements that developers must follow in order to protect the land from pollution.  In case of China, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs announced in a directive provided to local environmental protection bureaus and released on its website.  Since 2006, environmental authorities have directed increasing attention to land pollution, which previously received less focus than air and water pollution.

To sum up, all of nations around the globe are trying their best to combat soil pollution emerging as a serious environmental problem.  Pollution of surface soil is by both biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials which cause a multitude of problems such as the clogging of drains, acting as a barrier to the movement of water and increased microbial activities.  Underground soil is also polluted through chemicals from industrial wastes and decomposed materials of sanitary wastes. The ecological balance is greatly affected due to soil pollution, and so it is imperative to form and implement soil pollution laws.  Collaboration of international society is the most important factor.  We should be the one!!!