The graph shows a breakdown of the main sources causing soil contamination in Europe as % of the number of sites where preliminary investigations have been completed
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European shares have been calculated as a weighted average over 22 EEA countries, using the total number of investigated sites as weights.
Belgium refer to the Flanders and the Brussels region only.
Time coverage: 2006;
Data for Belgium, Croatia: 2004;
Spain: 2002.
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