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Keywords
Actions and protests
Arrests
Day
Fertilizer production
Greenpeace activists
Inflatables (boats)
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Medium group of people
MV Sirius
Oceans (campaign title)
Outdoors
Police
Sea dumping
Toxic waste
Toxics (campaign title)
Toxic Dumping Action in Bay of the Seine
Police taking in Sirius during action 'yellow sludge' dumping off north French coast.
Unique identifier:
GP0164S
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
15/06/1983
Locations:
Alpine Countries
,
France
,
Le Havre
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Katia Kanas
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Toxic Dumping Action in Bay of the Seine
Action against phosphogypsum 'yellow sludge' dumping off north French coast. Phosphogypsum is the gypsum formed as a by-product of processing phosphate ore into fertilizer with sulfuric acid.
The MV Sirius and flotilla fishing boats harassed dump barges containing yellow sludge at the Seine estuary. One dumpbarge was sprayed with paint, occupied and immobilized by activists. The Sirius was arrested by the French Navy and escorted out of French territorial waters.
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