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Keywords
Aerial view
Barrels
Chemical industry
Decontamination
Dioxins
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
KWCI (GPI)
Land pollution
Marine pollution
Olympic Games
Toxic waste
Toxics (campaign title)
Union Carbide
Waste disposal
Aerials of Olympic Park and ICI Plant
Aerials of barrels of toxic dioxin waste next to the Sydney Olympic Park and ICI plant. Greenpeace found in an area adjacent to the Sydney, Australia 2000 Olympic Games site, more than 60 corroding barrels of untreated and uncontained dioxin contaminated waste. The waste is the toxic legacy of chemical factories Union Carbide and ICI (now Orica), which operated in the area between 1957-1978. Greenpeace found and contained 69 corroding barrels of toxic dioxin waste on the banks of Homebush Bay that contained alarming levels of dioxin, some 60 times higher than contamination produced by the major accident at Seveso, Italy in 1976.
Unique identifier:
GP0469I
Type:
Video
Shoot date:
02/06/1997
Locations:
Australia
,
Homebush
,
Sydney
Credit line:
© Greenpeace
Duration:
9m29s
Audio format:
Natural
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Toxic Waste Removal Near Olympic Site
Greenpeace found and contained 69 corroding barrels of toxic dioxin waste on the banks of Homebush Bay, adjacent to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games site. The barrels contained alarming levels of dioxin, some 60 times higher than contamination produced by the major accident at Seveso, Italy in 1976. The area across from the Olympic Park is one of the five worst dioxin waste spots in the world. The waste is the toxic legacy of chemical factories Union Carbide and ICI (now Orica), which operated in the area between 1957-1978.
Sydney gained the 2000 Olympics with a strong campaign on environmental issues, earning it the title "Green Games."
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