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Article

9 Oct 2004

Author:
David Gow, Guardian [UK]

EC names and shames worst industrial polluters

A review of the workings of the European Pollutant Emission Register, set up earlier this year, found a handful of plants operated by big companies, mainly in the chemicals and metals industries, are responsible for a large amount of air and water pollution. [refers to GlaxoSmithKline, Huntsman Petrochemicals, Solutia, Magnesium Elektron, Ineos Chlor, BP, Rhodia, EDF, Sevalco, Lucite, BASF]