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Ten Greenpeace China activists delivered a sealed drum of asbsestos to the P and O Nedlloyd office here to highlight the hazardous nature of the material. They said the sample was collected in January from a scrapyard in Lianhuashan, Panyu, in neighbouring Guangdong province, where the P and O Nedlloyed-owned vessel "Botany Bay" was being dismantled. "Botany Bay" and another sister ship "Encounter Bay" were tracked down by Greenpeace in China. The two ships were claimed to have been sent to China for scrapping without first being decontaminated. They were among the 700 waste ships Greenpeace claimed to have been exported to Asia each year to be scrapped. "We are against the export of toxic waste to Asia and waste dumping from developed countries to developing ones," said Howard Liu, campaigner for Greenpeace China. "The world should condemn this immoral practice of profiting at the expense of the health of workers and the environment," said Liu. FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Basel Action Network is making this article available in our efforts to advance understanding of ecological sustainability and environmental justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a `fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond `fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. More News |
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