Petition Delivery to Novartis in Basel

Greenpeace toxics campaigner Matthias Wuethrich stands in front of Novartis headquarters in Basel, together with local politicians and celebrities, to deliver boxes filled with more than 10,000 signatures to the managers of seven chemical industry companies.
The petition demands the complete cleaning of the toxic dump sites.

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Foto-Petitionsübergabe an Novartis-Hauptsitz in Basel

Basel, 19. Oktober 2006: Greenpeace plaziert in einer Installtion auf einem Feld vor dem Hauptsitz von Novartis Schweiz einen Teil der über 1300 Bilder und Slogans, die in einer Foto-Petition die Basler Chemie auffordern, die Chemiemülldeponien der Region totalzusanieren. Die Sondermülldeponien belasten das Basler Trinkwasser. © Greenpeace / Ex-Press / Michael Wuertenberg

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Unique identifier: GP01S09

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/10/2006

Locations: Alpine Countries, Basel, Switzerland

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Ex-Press / Michael Würtenberg

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Petition Delivery to Novartis in Basel

Greenpeace delivers a double petition, signed by more than 10,000 people, to the chemical industry companies of Basel, demanding the cleaning up of the toxic dump sites in the area. A photo-petition is exposed in front of Novartis headquarters and a classical signature petition should be delivered to the managers in presence of local politicians and other celebrities … but not one of the seven invited managers appears. Novartis and Syngenta send representatives, while the other companies are not attending the invitation.

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