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The 40 year old durgebin.

  The chances are if you do not live within the West Midlands County you would never have heard of the Metropolitan borough of “Sandwell”. The neologism was coined in 1974 by joining smaller borough towns with more famous names … Continue reading

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The smell of the cut

  This website has put together evidence and information from a variety of primary sources.  Eye witnesses who remember the historic dumping of waste at Rattlechain may be starting to get a little grey, if not there already, but the vividness … Continue reading

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Environment Agency responses

  Throughout this website, you will probably quickly note a high level of sarcasm and tongue in cheek concerning the unravelling of events and circumstances in relation to my experiences with Rattlechain lagoon. My dealings with many of the “professionals” … Continue reading

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Some mappers do ‘ave ’em

Whilst doing some research for a couple of future blog posts, I came upon the latest in the long line of Bullshit concerning names associated with Rattlechain lagoon. We have had various names over the years, all with the deliberate … Continue reading

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The Diamond geezers?

  ΔΔ River Tame Pollution. For many years now I have borne witness to a never ending surge of grime coming out of a brook that flows underneath The Mainline Birmingham Canal and railway line that feeds into the River … Continue reading

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“Life” at the end of the chain

It’s been some time since I reported on the heroic fall guys for Rhodia/Solvay’s toxic dump, but this week “The Hermans” returned to carry out some “monitoring” of the site. Allegedly this will be a 25 year affair, putting pay to … Continue reading

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YOU PLONKERS! The FOI cover up of Rhodia/Solvay’s fire

Recently it was revealed that the January 2009 fire at the Trinity Street factory had resulted in a guilty admittance from the company that inherited the discredited French Rhodia outfit. Further to this the current site manager even felt obliged … Continue reading

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Rattlechain crow

    Crow Goes Hunting by Ted Hughes Crow Decided to try words. He imagined some words for the job, a lovely pack- Clear-eyed, resounding, well-trained, With strong teeth. You could not find a better bred lot. He pointed out … Continue reading

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Rhodia/Solvay GUILTY of TOXIC ASSAULT ON OLDBURY

   On January 2nd 2009, a serious chemical fire occurred at Rhodia’s Trinity Street site. The investigation into this and the subsequent prosecution appears to have taken 7 (SEVEN) years which is quite astonishing, but today it was revealed that the … Continue reading

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Rattlechain 200- The white phosphorus legacy

  So 200 blogposts with the 200th page also now up.  This concerns Rhodia’s dirty dozen part 2. When I started this website it was with the intention of revealing the story behind many years of struggle to determine what … Continue reading

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