Re: UK: AMERICA'S RUBBISH DUMP

Let's get this into perspective. Truth is, there are many many ships
going up and down the Tees every day with cargo's a lot worse. These
ships have NO CARGO on them at all. They are not cargo ships.
The reason we don't complain about all these other ships is because
there safety is controlled and because they provide many many jobs in
this area. These so-called 'Ghost Ships' will also have their safety
controlled and create many jobs.
Friends of the Earth argue that we should be concentrating on creating
jobs in more environmentally friendly sectors. What? Like all the call
centres springing up everywhere? Paying low wages and creating no
skill base?
Bottom line is, these ships are creating jobs...good SKILLED work in
the engineering industry, an industry that Teesside is proud of, but
one that is in decline.
Environmental pressure groups are claiming that oil will leak from
these vessels, causing problems with wildlife in the Tees Estuary.
These vessels will be stored in docks, with an Oil boom over the
entrance as a precaution, so that any oil will be captured before it
enters the Tees.
They also claim that PCB's are contained on these ships. This is true
and is not being hidden by Able UK, nor anyone else in favour of these
ships coming to Teesside.
However, when you consider these are not liquid PCB's and the fact
that The Food Standards Agency reports that 90% of human exposure to
dioxins like PCB's is through food due to emissions from old
incinerators, then it makes you think whether or not Friends of the
Earth are wasting good campaigning money on pointless campaigns that
will get them MAXIMUM MEDIA COVERAGE.
I support many of Friends of the Earths campaigns...things like more
investigations into GM food and the promotion of recyling in homes,
but they do not have my support on this issue and I believe they are
misleading the public by only explaining half the facts
Paul Jameson,
Editor, Teesside Online
www.TeessideOnline.net


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> UK: AMERICA'S RUBBISH DUMP
> 
> Several shiploads of toxic and dangerous rubbish from America have
> begun to arrive in Britain. The asbestos and other hazardous
> substances is stored in several rusting ships. The environment agency
> has ruled that the dismantlement of these dangerous wrecks must not
> take place in Britain:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/3263765.stm
> 
> The Americans do not want their rubbish cluttering up their huge
> super-rich country, so they sent it to Britain. The British government
> does basically whatever the Bush oilgovernment says lately:
> 
> http://www.thedebate.org/
> 
> 
> BUSH TAKES OVER LONDON - 20/11/03
> 
> From the 19th-21st of November (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday next
> week)  The Americans want to send their most disgusting and dangerous
> item of refuse here to Britain:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3259005.stm
> 
> Bush is coming to town and London must stop everything for his
> magnificence. That's the word from the United States government, which
> lately seems to have taken over control of Downing Street.
> 
> Protests are banned. Roads are closed. Democracy and freedom are
> abolished.
> 
> THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE CORPORATE ELITE WHO FUND AND CONTROL THEM
> MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
> 
> Take a well-earned break from work and help make things more
> interesting in London on the 20th. If Bush leaves London thinking we
> all love him then they have won.
> 
> Their plan is to prevent protesters from getting anywhere near either
> Bush or the TV cameras. They want plenty of misleading propaganda
> footage of people cheering Bush. There will be little or no coverage
> of the reality: the massive protests that are going to take place.
> 
> Get yourself in front of Bush. Get yourself in front of the cameras.
> Make yourself heard. Don't let them get away with it.
> 
> Acheson Intelligence Group
> 
> 
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