In a time when things couldn’t get worse for the UK government, the sewerage has hit the fan.
Recently we hear of Known Contaminated Blood in the 1970’s and 1980’s, their cover up of the Sexual abuse of Children (which was made a matter of “National Security”), The Horizon Post Office Scandal and now The Environment Agency has been accused of “investing \u00a315 million” in PFAs.
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For those who have not read “The Most Polluted Town in the UK”, Whilst this is happening, the Government Department that is supposed to be protecting us as citizens and the Environment (The Environmental Agency) is investing its Pensions into these Chemical firms. Sources:<\/strong> In a time when things couldn’t get worse for the UK government, the sewerage has hit the fan. Recently we hear of Known Contaminated Blood in the 1970’s and 1980’s, their cover up of the Sexual abuse of Children (which was made a matter of “National Security”), The Horizon Post Office Scandal and now The … Continue reading Things get worse for the U.K. Government<\/span>
PFA’s are a chemical that has been used around the world and have a clear carcinogenic link. It’s worth to note that these are used in the production of Electronics, Cosmetics and other modern products such as ‘non stick pans’ as well as firefighting foam and Fire Resistant protection.
One of the many issues with PFA Products, is if a firm has a testing site it brings dangers such as; if a test ‘overflow pond’ overflows and it is close to residential properties it can leak into the publics reach, also if the company has a borehole it maybe able to get into the water system (not the piped system the natural water system) and then into rivers, streams and other natural habitats. Killing of aquatic, insect and bird life.
These Dangers are also present when some of the PFAS are utilised by a Fire Service (such as foams and fire retardent uniforms) the run off from foams are going directly into the sewer system.
The UK’s very own “DuPont” has been revealed in a Guardian article<\/a> about a North West firm who have violated their PFAS Permit Twenty times in the last Ten years of their Eleven year history. You can find the story here<\/a> on my site and here<\/a> in the original article)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The firms and amounts that were invested in (and amounts) are as follows,
Merck<\/strong> (\u00a311.2m),
3M<\/strong> (\u00a31.2m),
Honeywell<\/strong> (\u00a31.2m),
Bayer<\/strong> (\u00a3838,000) and
Dupont<\/strong> (\u00a3158,000).
DuPont is the American company that pioneered the use of PFAS in consumer goods, and both 3M and DuPont (1998) have settled large class actions law suits in the U.S (3M $12.5bn).
The EU Parliament is not exempt from a finger point here as they u-turned on setting a date on making a law restricting the use of PFAs after being lobbied (probably with large amounts of cash) by these chemical giants.
What is more scary is that the detection of PFAS in our drinking water, rivers and seas is only recommended to the U.K.’s privatised water industry rather than being statute law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EA Pension Report<\/a>
Scientific Report<\/a>
Open Democracy Article<\/a>
Dark Waters Trailer<\/a>
The lawyer who became DuPonts worst nightmare Article<\/a>
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