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Infamous Five: Britain's Worst Polluters

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
1 August 2003 - 8:00am

Some of Britain's wealthiest companies are also the country's worst polluters.

"They make billions in profits, and deliver millions in dividiends to their shareholders. They care a sight less about the environment.More than a dozen blue chip companies were revealed yesterday as serial polluters who simply shrug off the paltry fines for breaking the law...The consequences are stark: rivers where thousands of fish have died; dumping of thousands of tons of waste contaminating inner-city allotments; an entire town where the groundwater could be contaminated with petrol."

Full Story: Exposed: Britain's worst polluters
Source: The Guardian Unlimited, July 30, 2003
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