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Chemical waste dumped by British off Donegal and Kerry coast

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  • #32
    hatrickpatrick
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Probably impossible unless they drain the sea.

    Then they should be forced to pay compensation in the form of funding for additional cancer treatment centres in any areas near where they've dumped radioactive material.
    Seems reasonable to me. They make a mess, they can pay for the consequences of it.


  • #33
    ScumLord
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Probably impossible unless they drain the sea.
    I don't think it would be impossible to locate and retrieve the containers. People salvage stuff every day, plus major cleaning operations have taken place in places like the gulf of Mexico. Any things possible, it might be expensive but I would say it's doable.


  • #34
    EURATS
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    I don't think it would be impossible to locate and retrieve the containers. People salvage stuff every day, plus major cleaning operations have taken place in places like the gulf of Mexico. Any things possible, it might be expensive but I would say it's doable.


    True...if the Kursk can be raised..they can obviously retrieve their barrels of sh1te..and dump them off their own coast. Really shows how little the British establishment thought of the Irish people.


  • #35
    Dwork
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    I don't think it would be impossible to locate and retrieve the containers. People salvage stuff every day, plus major cleaning operations have taken place in places like the gulf of Mexico. Any things possible, it might be expensive but I would say it's doable.
    Then what? The fcukers can't deal with the toxic waste they have already on land, what would their great plan be for stuff they've retrieved from the seabed? Dump it somwhere else? Probably off the coast of Somalia, seeing as that's where every other cnut is dumping their toxic crap at the moment. This from the Country that brought you "Health and Safety". Joke, utter joke. Maybe if they dumped a load of licences and high vis vests down on top of it, all would be well..


  • #36
    Lando Griffin
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    Dwork wrote: »
    Dump it somwhere else? Probably off the coast of Somalia, seeing as that's where every other cnut is dumping their toxic crap at the momentl.
    And paying fantastic competitive rates to do so.


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  • #37
    Dwork
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    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    And paying fantastic competitive rates to do so.
    to the Mafia, who are the shipowners and "waste disposal" contractors amongst other things these days. The area around Naples is full, so they needed to move on to fresh "grounds". Strangely, big business has few objections. Saves a fortune, apparently.


  • #38
    Dwork
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    I don't think it would be impossible to locate and retrieve the containers. People salvage stuff every day, plus major cleaning operations have taken place in places like the gulf of Mexico. Any things possible, it might be expensive but I would say it's doable.
    You do know they used a fancy version of an emulsifier to "clump" the crude oil causing it to sink? As in onto the sea bed? As in cleaned up, me hole. Hidden, yes. Cleaned, not quite. Not quite.


  • #39
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I don't think it would be impossible to locate and retrieve the containers. People salvage stuff every day, plus major cleaning operations have taken place in places like the gulf of Mexico. Any things possible, it might be expensive but I would say it's doable.

    Some of that stuff is deep, and I would imagine that after all this time, were it possible to get hold of it, whatever casing they used would be a bit unpredictable when handled. They might even bring on an ecological disaster trying to get it back to the surface.


  • #40
    EURATS
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    ejmaztec wrote: »

    Some of that stuff is deep, and I would imagine that after all this time, were it possible to get hold of it, whatever casing they used would be a bit unpredictable when handled. They might even bring on an ecological disaster trying to get it back to the surface.


    If its in such an unstable condition..an ecological disaster isn't far off anyway. Just a matter of time.

    The material involved and its condition needs to be assessed and a solution put in place to retrieve it and dispose of it correctly.


  • #41
    Grimreaper666
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    Apparently the Americans dumped a load of pig brucellosis that was being used as chemical weapons in the Gulf war on their way home off the Cork/Kerry coast a few years ago and have been assisting in the treatment of the effects unofficially of course. Allegedly but I suppose we'll never hear the full truth about that either.


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  • #42
    Dwork
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    Grimreaper666 wrote: »
    Apparently the Americans dumped a load of pig brucellosis that was being used as chemical weapons in the Gulf war on their way home off the Cork/Kerry coast a few years ago and have been assisting in the treatment of the effects unofficially of course. Allegedly but I suppose we'll never hear the full truth about that either.
    So there is some truth in the rumour that Cowen and Harney were skinny dipping off Dingle and came back utterly altered. I always wondered what happened to them.


  • #43
    Conchir
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    Oh no, it wouldn't be on any maps. We're not exactly New York! No, the best way to find it is to head out from Galway and go slightly north until you see the English boats with the nuclear symbol. They go very close to the island when dumping the old 'glow-in-the-dark'.


  • #44
    Fratton Fred
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    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Then they should be forced to pay compensation in the form of funding for additional cancer treatment centres in any areas near where they've dumped radioactive material.
    Seems reasonable to me. They make a mess, they can pay for the consequences of it.

    My mother in law has lost three relatives and four neighbours to cancer in the past six years. she is convinced it is because they swam regularly in Killiney bay and the radiation from Sellafield killed them off early.

    Of course, the fact they all smoked 40 major a day had nothing to do with it, no sirree, it was definitely Sellafield.


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