{"id":9556,"date":"2018-08-25T15:45:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9556"},"modified":"2018-12-26T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:08:11","slug":"albrights-toxic-archive-links-12-not-the-first-trinity-street-phosphine-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9556","title":{"rendered":"Albright&#8217;s toxic archive links #12 Not the first Trinity Street phosphine leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8987\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock-540x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock-540x1024.jpg 540w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock-768x1458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/toxicticktock.jpg 1107w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/poison.png\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They appear to have always had a problem holding in their gas at the home of the chemical Mordor that is the Trinity Street polluting phosphorus factory.<\/p>\n<p>In fact <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=8718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the serious leak of phosphine in 2009 that resulted in the much publicised fire <\/a>as well as a major fine for the company behind the uncontrolled release is certainly not a one off incident as this post testifies.<\/p>\n<p>Historically the area suffered with a range of foul odours collectively known as <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=8953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;the Oldbury smell&#8221;<\/a>, but also with frequent toxic assaults of chemical clouds over Langley.<\/p>\n<p>This piece from the <strong>Birmingham Daily Post<\/strong> from <strong>29th April 1969<\/strong> describes a leak of the highly toxic gas from Albright and Wilson&#8217;s plant. It appears that at this point in history, the chemical cretins could not even check on a rusty tank containing <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;500 cubic feet of the gas&#8221;.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/phineleak.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9557\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/phineleak-173x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/phineleak-173x300.png 173w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/phineleak.png 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: georgia,palatino,serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Of course it simply ignited, but there is no mention of<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">the problems caused to local residents as a result or the significant risk of harm that it would cause to them. At this point in history the firm was still in the grip of the two crooked families and their even more crooked mates in the rotten borough of Warley.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Such incidents would no doubt be written off as &#8220;accidents&#8221; and\u00a0the familiar lamentable\u00a0reassurances given that it wouldn&#8217;t happen again as the plant was perfectly &#8220;safe&#8221;. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Meanwhile what health issues befell those exposed to such chemicals? No doubt that would also be met with rebuttals as this disgusting company did with <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/scan0070.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their own\u00a0employees exposure to white phosphorus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also asbestos<\/a>.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/poison.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9239\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/poison-300x275.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/poison-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/poison.png 487w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 They appear to have always had a problem holding in their gas at the home of the chemical Mordor that is the Trinity Street polluting phosphorus factory. In fact the serious leak of phosphine in 2009 that resulted in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=9556\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9814,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9556\/revisions\/9814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}