Brominated flame retardants are chemicals used to make materials less flammable. They are widely used in electrical and electronic devices, textiles and furniture. The presence of bromine makes these chemicals:
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On Wednesday 30th October the environmental group Greenpeace will be swapping its high speed rigid inflatable boats for vacuum cleaners and will set off to clean 100 homes across the UK
Greenpeace today called on the U.S. State Department to arrest and extradite international fugitive and Bhopal corporate criminal Warren Anderson, after he was found by a UK newspaper and Greenpeace living a life of luxury in New York State. Anderson, the former Chief Executive Officer of Union Carbide, has been hiding in the United States since an explosion at his company's plant in Bhopal, India, caused the worst industrial disaster in history in December 1984.
Greenpeace has launched a touring exhibition of photographs of Bhopal by world renowned Magnum photographer, Raghu Rai (1).
'Exposure: portrait of a corporate crime' offers a unique insight into the human and environmental tragedy that has engulfed the Indian city since December 1984, when an explosion at Union Carbide s pesticide plant released lethal gases into the city, causing the world's worst industrial disaster.
Summary Dioxins are a family of chemicals with similar structures and properties. Dioxins are known to cause a wide range of toxic effects in animals, some of which occur at very low doses.
11 Greenpeace volunteers ended their occupation of Sheffield incinerator after protecting the people of the city from polluting gases for 3 days
Offer to pay for Sheffield waste plan rebuffed by Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats were dragged into a national row over incineration today because of Sheffield City Council's determination to build a new waste burner. The national Lib Dems have been branded as hypocrites and electoral opportunists by both Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace after the party tried to face in both directions on the controversial issue of burning rubbish. The national Lib Dems claim to be in favour of a moratorium on the building of new incinerators but in fact the Lib Dem controlled Sheffield City Council is trying to construct a massive waste burner against fierce local opposition.
