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  Shhhh. Tonight I’m here to surprise a man of esteemed local importance with my big red book.  He began his glittering political career as a trade unionist, became Mayor of Sandwell and is now an Honorary Alderman. Yes Tonight MARTIN … Continue reading →

Incredible, there appears to be one every couple of years. The latest is a plastics factory located near to the BIP chemical works and adjacent to Trinity Street on the opposite side of the Titford canal. I could see plumes … Continue reading →

A few images of life trying to survive around this toxic waste site.   A pair of geese mating at the site.    

Further to the recent new sign in the North East corner of the site, the North West is now represented with another identical one. And another at the main entrance.   Other additions include a warning sign on each of the … Continue reading →

  It’s been pretty quiet at the lagoon of late. Not much in the way of wildfowl, so observations are confined to things around the site. Recently some curious items have turned up in John’s Lane. At the main gate, … Continue reading →

Further to the previous blog post concerning stinky Robinson Brothers and their odour and pollution problems comes a guest blog written by former local Sandwell councillor Jayne Wilkinson. She has kindly allowed me to publish it here and as a … Continue reading →

It’s not all about Albright and Wilson/Rhodia/Solvay. There are other chemical manufacturers in the Sandwell area  whom have become well acquainted with their neighbours, but  not particularly for good neighbourly reasons. Oldbury has its Trinity Street behemoths manufacturing phosphorus whereas … Continue reading →

Recently in the now landscaped North embankment some curious diggings have emerged. Although this is probably some form of “monitoring” that the site owners claim to be undertaking, the fact that they appear to have exposed the surface of the … Continue reading →

Just a quick heads up on an interesting new page put up last week. Certainly an eye opener regards white phosphorus and the manner in which the polluters of the Rattlechain site thought it appropriate to dump their various safety experiments … Continue reading →

There are many chemistry books available detailing the properties and nature of the elements including elemental phosphorus. Some of the more interesting science based articles tend to be harder to find, and are usually older in nature. Such sources give … Continue reading →