Yourwellness Magazine Follows Up Chemical Company Pollution Hearing
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 18 July 2013 -- On the 10th of May, the company responsible for the death and damage of thousands of fish was ordered to pay £92,000 by Peterborough Crown Court. Chemical manufacturer and packaging company Safapac pleaded guilty to causing the pollution of the agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene on 18 June 2012, but they claimed vandals damaged containers allowing 5,000 litres of three chemicals to get into drains.
According to Mark Watson, prosecutor for the Environment Agency, “Bulk containers containing the chemicals were stored in external bunkers near to the road. There was no bunding and no secondary containment in case of spills. There was an open drain in the storage area and another just outside.” Environment Agency officer Adam Shamma added after the hearing, “This case should serve as a reminder to companies who handle chemicals to ensure their storage arrangements are adequate. Safapac could have prevented this incident if their chemicals had been stored in a secure, bunded area.” (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147763.aspx?)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine explored how pollution affects human health. According to Yourwellness Magazine, “In the UK, air quality has improved vastly since the 1950s when a pall of smog hung over its towns and cities, caused by coal fires in the home and factory chimneys. However, air pollution is still an issue in the UK, particularly for airborne particles and nitrogen dioxide. Air pollution is often thought to be a problem that only affects cities and major conurbations. But increasingly air quality in smaller towns and even rural areas in the UK is failing to meet EU standards.”
Yourwellness Magazine outlined the serious health issues that air pollution can cause:
• Irritation to the throat, nose and eyes
• Headaches and Nausea
• Bronchitis and Pneumonia
• Cancer
• Heart attacks
• Lung disease
• Damage to the kidneys, liver, nerves and brain
To find out more, visit the gateway to living well at http://www.yourwellness.com, or read the latest issue online at http://latestissue.yourwellness.com.
Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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