THE entire Olympics site in east London has been built on top of a thin plastic sheet laid at a depth of less than three feet to separate surface soil from potentially heavily contaminated ground below.
The Sunday Express has obtained documents which reveal London 2012 chiefs have covered up land that is possibly contaminated with asbestos and radioactive materials with a huge, bright orange sheet.
Spanning more than 600 acres —equivalent to some 400 football pitches--it is buried at a depth of 31ins to protect the health and safety of future builders and homeowners.
It is designed as a warning marker layer to anyone digging the foundations of new homes and offices that they must follow special precautions if there is a need to excavate more deeply.
While “clean” soil and debris have been placed above the sheet, anything below it has to be considered hazardous unless proved otherwise.
The revelations cast doubt on the Government’s central justification for staging the £9.3billion Games—that they would be handing over a huge urban park fit for human habitation and 10,000 new homes.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/157972/London-2012-Radioactive-waste-No-problem-we-ve-got-a-plastic-sheet-
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