Sweden: The Land and Environment Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the county administrative board in a dispute over bottom sediment in the bay outside Heidelberg Materials' Slite cement plant on Gotland.
The county administrative board has demanded investigations into levels of, among other things, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS – so-called ‘forever chemicals’), uranium, dioxins, furans, aliphatic hydrocarbons, poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heavy metals such as chromium in the bay. The authority assesses that the area is contaminated and that this may pose risks to both the environment and human health, with links to the cement plant's historical and current operations in Slite.
