Toxics Action Rainwater Project at Secondary School in Amsterdam

Greenpeace Toxics campaigner Bart van Opzeeland gives a trial lesson, as part of the rainwater project, about toxics in our environment at a secondary school in Amsterdam.

In original language:

Toxicactie Regenwaterproject op Middelbare School in Amsterdam

Greenpeace Toxics campaigner Bart van Opzeeland geeft een proefles, als onderdeel van het regenwaterproject, over giftige stoffen in ons milieu op een middelbare school in Amsterdam.

Unique identifier: GP01OPZ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/01/2003

Locations: Amsterdam, Europe, West Europe, Netherlands

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Toxics Action Rainwater Project at Secondary School in Amsterdam the Netherlands

In February and March Greenpeace collects rainwater at 47 locations in the Netherlands, among these locations are 23 secondary schools. Part of the rainwater study is an educational program at these schools about toxics in our environment. Greenpeace also collects rainwater near chemical production and manufacturing sites, like Shinetsu and ExxonMobil. There are also three foreign measuring points. The study focuses on the so-called POP's (Persistent Organic Pollutants). These toxics can be found in the consumer products we daily use. POP's do not decompose readily or quickly in the environment and they cover long distances in the environment and can be found in household dust, but also at the North Pole. They accumulate in the fatty of humans and animals and are often hormone disrupting. TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) will study the presence of POP's in rainwater. Greenpeace wants a ban on the production and usage of these toxics. They urge the industry to change to non-toxic alternatives.

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