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Polluted land may be defined as land within or upon which substances are present at concentrations that may cause harm to the health of humans or any other living organisms and to the functioning of ecosystems.

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  1. Department of Physical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    M. Campbell

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Bishop, G.P., Flack, J.L.E. (1997). Land pollution. In: Campbell, M. (eds) Sensor Systems for Environmental Monitoring. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0101-8_1

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