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Re: [HEALTHE] Bayer, Monsanto, Kanegafushi, og Rhone Poulenc/Rhodia(fwd)
Per-Erik,
Try the Natural Resources Defense Council <http://www.nrdc.org/> and the
Environmental Defense Fund <http://www.edf.org/>.
Fred Stoss
Frederick W. Stoss, M.S. (zoology-aquatic ecology/ecotoxicology), M.L.S.
Associate Librarian -- Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Library -- Capen Hall -- Room 228-B
SUNY University at Buffalo
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Larime Wilson wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 10:33:57 +0100
> Dear friends.
>
> Friends of the Earth Norway would very much appreciate your advice on the
> following subject:
>
> - How to put the chemical producers as Bayer and Monsanto responsible for the
> PCB-products they imported to Norway during the 60- and 70'ies.
>
> Do you know any international laws or agreements on this?
>
> Have any of the environmental organizations had any luck in this direction?
>
> During the weeks to come Friends of the Earth Norway are going to publish the
> results and assessments from the"Big Toxic Hunt". This summer this campaign
> travelled along the Norwegian coastline looking for potential sources for the
> PCB-pollution in our harbours and fjords. We found high levels of
> PCB-contamination (500ppb and more, highest 8 ppm) in the seafloor outside
> shipyards, paint manufacturing plants, metal recycling plants and outside one
> chemical factory.
>
> We now want to push a clean-up action at this sites, and we are considering how
> costs should be shared among the government, the local sources, and the
> PCB-producers.
>
> We have identified the producers, (due to the"chemical fingerprint" in the samples,
> and interviews with the Norwegian PCB-buyers), at most of the sites to be Bayer,
> Monsanto, Kanegafuschi/Mitshubishi and Rhòne Poulenc.
>
> This should be the same situation in may countries - do you have any useful
> information to send us?
>
> Yours sincerely
>
> Per-Erik Schulze
> Norwegian Society for Conservation of Nature (Friends of The Earth Norway)
> P O Box 342 Sentrum
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