Financial loss due to pollution. Costs may include: cleaning up land, water courses, buildings, machinery, etc., and generally removing the effects of pollution. The insured may cover his liability for third party cleanup costs incurred by a third party and for the cost of cleaning up his own property under a first party policy. It is possible to extend existing liability policies but one approach is to arrange a separate environmental impairment policy that also covers cleaning up one’s own site.
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Generally, those costs associated with the clean-up of pollution.