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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Just one 20 minute segment on newsnights though? You get what I am saying... This is breaking news material because lives are being lost...

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
They were silent about the toxic nature of the waste and still maintain that the waste is safe.... They are a British company and know that regulations will not let them dispose their waste anywhere and risk the lives of people in Britain. So they ship it there...

They are a multinational company, registered in Britain, which is presumably why they are being sued in London, but this is nothing to do with them not wanting to risk British lives - It is ALL to do with money.

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Just one 20 minute segment on newsnights though? You get what I am saying... This is breaking news material because lives are being lost...

The original story came out in 2007, I think.
I presume that it is in the news again, as the court cases are coming up soon.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
But the waste was accumulated in Britain right? If yes then it should have been disposed in Britain.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
No one I know even knew about this back in 07... So it was hushed up... Its taking that long to conclude this case meanwhile lives are being lost...

Im just venting Blizzie not taking it out on you... There is just too much injustice in the world.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
They were silent about the toxic nature of the waste and still maintain that the waste is safe.... They are a British company and know that regulations will not let them dispose their waste anywhere and risk the lives of people in Britain. So they ship it there...

They are a multinational company, registered in Britain, which is presumably why they are being sued in London, but this is nothing to do with them not wanting to risk British lives - It is ALL to do with money.

But the waste was accumulated in Britain right? If yes then it should have been disposed in Britain.

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
They were silent about the toxic nature of the waste and still maintain that the waste is safe.... They are a British company and know that regulations will not let them dispose their waste anywhere and risk the lives of people in Britain. So they ship it there...

They are a multinational company, registered in Britain, which is presumably why they are being sued in London, but this is nothing to do with them not wanting to risk British lives - It is ALL to do with money.

But the waste was accumulated in Britain right? If yes then it should have been disposed in Britain.

No - it was waste which was accumulated by the ship on the ship.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
They were silent about the toxic nature of the waste and still maintain that the waste is safe.... They are a British company and know that regulations will not let them dispose their waste anywhere and risk the lives of people in Britain. So they ship it there...

They are a multinational company, registered in Britain, which is presumably why they are being sued in London, but this is nothing to do with them not wanting to risk British lives - It is ALL to do with money.

But the waste was accumulated in Britain right? If yes then it should have been disposed in Britain.

No - it was waste which was accumulated by the ship on the ship.

Ok thanks for that... But the best place to dump the waste accumulated on a ship by the ship was Africa? Surely they have the facilities to dispose of the waste.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...c-waste-1624869.html

Here is one for you Blizzie....

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by JasmineJ:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Blizzie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
They were silent about the toxic nature of the waste and still maintain that the waste is safe.... They are a British company and know that regulations will not let them dispose their waste anywhere and risk the lives of people in Britain. So they ship it there...

They are a multinational company, registered in Britain, which is presumably why they are being sued in London, but this is nothing to do with them not wanting to risk British lives - It is ALL to do with money.

But the waste was accumulated in Britain right? If yes then it should have been disposed in Britain.

No - it was waste which was accumulated by the ship on the ship.

Ok thanks for that... But the best place to dump the waste accumulated on a ship by the ship was Africa? Surely they have the facilities to dispose of the waste.

I agree, they were underhand and as Blizzie says it was about money - the resulting deaths and illness were truly awful.

No one was trying to excuse the action itself, just clarifying to you who weren’t responsible.

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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

I agree PCE, it's a disgrace Africa gets treated like shit. It's not on

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Originally posted by greenandpink:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

It's awful!

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by greenandpink:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

It's awful!

Really awful but they dont have a voice so I guess this will continue....

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Originally posted by greenandpink:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by greenandpink:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Is this really fair? These toxic wastes are shipped from European Countries to Africa and dumped there... How is this helping Africa? This is really sad.

It's awful!

Really awful but they dont have a voice so I guess this will continue....

I am so glad you are a voice here PCE I needs to be heard... Respect

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Originally posted by Rekaf:
and whats all this crap about toxic waste being too dangerous for the uk?.....oh what short memories we have, sellafield has been importing toxic waste for a long time from countries who dont want it on thier soil, remember the huge rows there were about it...no?, well what about the huge leak that was discovered in may 2005 that apparently started in 2004, The solution from the spill was estimated to contain 20 metric tons of uranium and 160 kilograms of plutonium.......yeah, we send it all to africa....in your dreams

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Rekaf:
and whats all this crap about toxic waste being too dangerous for the uk?.....oh what short memories we have, sellafield has been importing toxic waste for a long time from countries who dont want it on thier soil, remember the huge rows there were about it...no?, well what about the huge leak that was discovered in may 2005 that apparently started in 2004, The solution from the spill was estimated to contain 20 metric tons of uranium and 160 kilograms of plutonium.......yeah, we send it all to africa....in your dreams

I see what you are saying but why would they ship it back to Africa then? If you make your own waste surely you should clear it up.... Not ship it off to another continent at the expense of lives...

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Originally posted by Rekaf:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Rekaf:
and whats all this crap about toxic waste being too dangerous for the uk?.....oh what short memories we have, sellafield has been importing toxic waste for a long time from countries who dont want it on thier soil, remember the huge rows there were about it...no?, well what about the huge leak that was discovered in may 2005 that apparently started in 2004, The solution from the spill was estimated to contain 20 metric tons of uranium and 160 kilograms of plutonium.......yeah, we send it all to africa....in your dreams

I see what you are saying but why would they ship it back to Africa then? If you make your own waste surely you should clear it up.... Not ship it off to another continent at the expense of lives...

as you said cocoa, its money....you compare the cost of recovering anything usable to the cost of getting rid of it and letting someone else do it, but i'd rather keep all the electronic waste and send the radioactive rubbish somewhere else but it aint gonna happen....