An activist placing a danger sign on a toxic waste dump on common land close to a French town. The companies Novartis, Ciba, Syngenta and also France officials (DRIRE) know about the waste, which is lying around in open sky in a forest. Greenpeace demands that the responsible chemical companies Novartis, Ciba and Syngenta will clean up the dump site.

In original language:

Chemie Aktion Chemiemülldeponie in Frankreich

Umweltverschmutzung: Greenpeace stellt in der Elsaesser Chemiemuelldeponie Le Letten im Grenzgebiet zwischen Frankreich und der Schweiz offen herumliegenden Giftmuell sicher und fordert von den Schweizer Chemiekonzernen eine umgehende Totalsanierung.

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Unique identifier: GP01RXS

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/02/2005

Locations: Alpine Countries, Alsace, Europe, France, Hagenthal-le-Bas

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Clean up Toxic Waste Dump in France

Greenpeace activists clean up toxic waste on common land close to a town. Analysis by Greenpeace has shown that the toxic waste is very poisonous. Research has shown that the chemical companies Novartis, Ciba and Syngenta have known about the dump for 4 years but have failed to act. Greenpeace is calling for the dump site to be cleaned up.

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