Families blame coal dust for asthma among their children

Article Abstract:

Dust from coal stockpiles at Bootle dockside in Liverpool is thought to be the cause of the high incidence of asthma and chest complaints among local children resulting in some local residents taking legal action. The Columbian coal is stored around the dockside, in some places only 100 yards from houses. In the local primary school 20% of children have asthma and South Sefton Health Authority is carrying out a survey of the problem. Two High Court actions are being sought for compensation and an injunction to stop the hazard.

Pollution, Liverpool, England, Coal shipping terminals

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Golden age returning to polluted sands

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The leakage of 70,000 tonnes of North Sea crude oil from the supertanker 'Sea Empress' into and around Milford Haven, Wales, in Feb 1996 has not caused the widespread environmental damage which had initially been anticipated. Large investment in an immediate clean-up operation has meant that the oil has now almost completely dispersed. However, there are still considerable fears that the tourist industry in Pembrokeshire will be badly affected, as visitors may not realise that beaches there are now clean.

Wales, Marine pollution, Oil pollution of the sea, Oil pollution

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2,200 species of plants, insects, mammals and birds are looking for someone to save their home

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The UK is losing many miles of hedgerows, some of them more than 1,000 years old, every year as a result of neglect and grubbing out. The UK government is responding to this problem by instigating public consultation on draft regulations which would oblige all landowners to inform their local authority before removing any hedges. The local authority would be able to refuse permission for hedge removal, especially if the hedge concerned is very old or contains large numbers of animals or plants.

Windbreaks, shelterbelts, etc., Windbreaks

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