Monday 20 October 2008

Something nasty in the water 2

I have published the environment agency’s letter to Rick click here to read it

The danger threshold limit value for Cyclohexanone is 20 parts per million, it can be absorbed through the skin, by inhalation or ingested, and we have a spillage involving 100s of tonnes of the stuff, which seems to have been covered up for years.

How on earth could such a large amount missing have gone unnoticed? Because of its nature you theoretically are not allowed to let it evaporate, I would hope that those people who advocate heavy industrial use on the source protection zones will reconsider their positions.

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  1. Unfortunately I don't have time to read it all properly at the moment as I'm just about to rush out, but this in particular caught my eye:

    "The most accurate figure available from the investigation is the volume of Cyclohexanone removed from the ground by the remediation, which is presently 470 tonnes."

    470 TONNES?!?

    Keep up the good work Michael, bloggers like yourself, Tony, ECR, Bertie (etc) are really starting to make people sit up & take notice!

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  3. vice chairman of the Labour Party has described the scandal surrounding illegal donations to the party as a “policy failure” and called for a cap on the amount that individuals can donate.

    
 Dr Stephen Ladyman, MP for South Thanet, conceded the fiasco surrounding proxy donations made by property developer David Abrahams could be seen as incompetence by the Labour Party.

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  4. In answer yes the html you did is an accurate transcript of the EA letter.

    I just remembered I said I would not comment on the thread you start using the copy of the EA letter. Other than to confirm your copy accurate.

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  5. Well done Rick,
    if i said any more
    ??????????????

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  6. This could be quite serious I take it.

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  7. I do try to reply to people’s comments but this thing leaves me pretty much speechless, how any engineering firm could lose 500 tons of a toxic solvent without knowing, is beyond belief.

    No one I have asked seems to be able to tell me if the vapour is still coming out of the ground, if you use it in industry and the are more than 20 parts per million in the atmosphere, you have to suit up and use breathing apparatus.

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