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Some time back I put in a freedom of information request to The Health and safety executive concerning a serious fire at Trinity Street in 2009. This involved the release of a phosphorus vapour cloud and associated breakdown products over … Continue reading →

Recent events in Eastbourne have shown how chemical releases spark widespread media attention and also considerable public concern. A mysterious chemical haze last month appeared to come in from the sea affecting many dozens of people at the beach around the … Continue reading →

It may be a surprise to know that the biggest “terrorist” planter of ordnance capable of causing harm to human health is not the IRA or ISIS, but those  good old boys from Britain’s WW2 Home Guard, who never fail … Continue reading →

Last month I reported on the fact that Rhodia (convenience name for Solvay’s toxic assets), had finally submitted a retrospective planning application for camera posts and additional cameras at their toxic hazardous waste rattlechain lagoon. THIS HAD ONLY BEEN DONE … Continue reading →

Scooby didn’t plan on finding capt. poison whilst searching for snacks on the North embankment!         “Now let’s see who’s glowing phosphorus face redbeard really is….”

  Back in March, I reported on the mysterious case of additional cameras and pole mounts appearing at Rattlechain lagoon, which had actually been erected last year and also a query put to Sandwell council about this and if any … Continue reading →

One of the main focusses of this website was to assimilate all the recorded history of the site into one place. The canal traffic waste transportation of the white phosphorus contaminated material- i.e the stuff that poisoned the birds that … Continue reading →

Last week local environmental campaigners including myself organised a public event in Tividale concerning the so called “garden city” proposals (“The Dudley Port Supplementary Planning document” DPSPD) – part of which attempt to promote “allocated” housing sites in the vicinity … Continue reading →

That was the Winter of 2010, when everyone called me Ba*tard , and it didn’t occur to me to mind. That was before  Osama Bin Laden was shot, before One Direction, when I couldn’t wait to join  two pieces of paper together … Continue reading →

We are now three weeks into a supposed consultation regarding The Dudley Port Supplementary planning document that in part seeks to think it is a good idea to build more houses right next to a hazardous waste area that is … Continue reading →