Delivery Rainwater Gauge to Van Geel in The Hague

Greenpeace Toxics campaigner Bart van Opzeeland delivers a rainwater gauge to State Secretary Van Geel in The Hague. He also shows the poster of the Greenpeace rainwater project with the text "Jij en ik. Onzichtbare chemie.", which translates to English as "You and me. Invisible chemistry."

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Overhandiging Regenwatermeter aan Van Geel in Den Haag

Greenpeace Toxics campaigner Bart van Opzeeland overhandigt een regenwatermeter aan Staatssecretaris Van Geel in Den Haag.

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Unique identifier: GP01MJ9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 12/03/2003

Locations: Europe, West Europe, Netherlands, The Hague

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Rob Keeris

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Climate Action Delivery Rainwater Gauge to Van Geel in The Hague the Netherlands

In February and March Greenpeace collects at 47 locations in the Netherlands rainwater, among these locations are 23 secondary schools. Part of the rainwater study is an educational program at these schools about toxics in our environment. Greenpeace also collects rainwater at producers of specific toxics. There are also three foreign measuring points. The study focuses on the so-called POP's (Persistent Organic Pollutants). These toxics can be found in the consumer products we daily use. POP's do not decompose readily or quickly in the environment and they cover long distances in the environment and can be found in household dust, but also at the North Pole. They accumulate in the fatty of humans and animals and are often hormone disrupting. TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) will study the presence of POP's in rainwater. Greenpeace wants a ban on the production and usage of these toxics. They urge the industry to change to non-toxic alternatives.

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