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Environmental Pollution in Urk Due to Steel Slag, but 'No Need to Worry'

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A ditch next to an event location in Urk is heavily contaminated by steel slag that was used in the construction of the parking lot. The water board determined extremely high pH values of between 12 and 13 during various measurements, where they should normally be between 6.5 and 8.5. Steel slag is the stony remains of the production of steel by Tata Steel. The steel manufacturer cannot do anything with it and therefore offers it as a cheap buil…

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A ditch next to an event location in Urk is heavily contaminated by steel slag that was used in the construction of the parking lot. The water board determined extremely high pH values of between 12 and 13 during various measurements, where they should normally be between 6.5 and 8.5. Steel slag is the stony remains of the production of steel by Tata Steel. The steel manufacturer cannot do anything with it and therefore offers it as a cheap buil…

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NOS broke the news in Netherlands on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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