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brownfield noun. An abandoned, contaminated industrial site.

Example Citation:
"The emphasis of the federal program may need to be shifted slightly to enable the cleanup of hundreds of thousands of 'brownfield' sites. Those areas are not as dangerously polluted as full-fledged Superfund sites and until recently have been brushed aside by the EPA as not of federal interest. Few have been cleared of contamination."
—Editorial, "Needed: Superfund Cleanup," Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 1999

Related Words:
mycoremediation
pollution on a stick
regreen
rewild

Subject Category:
Science - Environment

Posted on December 6, 1999 at 7:50 PM
Updated on December 6, 1999 at 7:50 PM


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