Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Toxics-Action-Waste-Barrel-Returned-to-Novartis-in-Risch-Buonas-27MZIFLO1O1O.htmlConceptually similarToxics Action Waste Barrel Returned to Novartis in Risch BuonasGP01TVRCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Waste Barrel Returned to Novartis in Risch BuonasGP01TVQCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Bonfol Barrel Returned to Sender NovartisGP01U6ICompleted★★★★Toxics Action Bonfol Barrel Returned to Sender NovartisGP01U6JCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Bonfol Barrel Returned to Sender NovartisGP01U6LCompleted★★★★Toxics Sampling at the Bonfol LandfillGP01U4RCompleted★★★★Toxics Sampling at the Bonfol LandfillGP01U4SCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Waste Barrel Returned to NovartisGP01U2MCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Waste Barrel Returned to NovartisGP01U2NCompleted★★★★View AllGP01TVSToxics Action Waste Barrel Returned to Novartis in Risch BuonasStefan Weber, (head of the Toxics campaign for Greenpeace Switzerland) is talking to Daniel Vasella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Novartis, in Vasella's garden. Villagers and Greenpeace activists brought back "barrel No. 9" to its legal owner. The barrel contains 50 liters of spring water from the well Saint Fromant in Bonfol. Recent Greenpeace analysis show that pharmaceutical products from the Basel Chemical Industry such as the anti-depressant Tegretol or the sedative Sandoptal contaminate this spring.In original language:Chemie Aktion Abfall Fass Zuruck nach Novartis in Risch BuonasWir befinden uns im Jahre 2000 n. Chr. Die ganze Welt wird von den Chemiekonzernen vergiftet... Die ganze Welt? Nein! Ein von unbeugsamen Mitmenschen bevölkertes Dorf am Rande der Schweiz hört nicht auf, den Giftmischern Widerstand zu leisten. Und das Leben wird nicht leicht für die Legionen der Basler Chemischen Industrie. Nachdem die Quelle im kleinen Dorf mit dem Novartis-Medikament Tegretol verseucht ist, statten heute Morgen Dorfbewohner dem Palast des Novartis-Imperators Daniel „Supredan“ Vasella einen Besuch ab. Gut zwanzig Aktivisten errichten in Vasellas Garten ein geordnetes Zwischenlager. Das Fass No. 9 wurde von einem Helikopter zum Zugersee geflogen und Herrn Vasella in seinem Garten übergeben.Locations:Bonfol-Europe, East Europe, Alpine Countries-SwitzerlandDate:30 Jun, 2000Credit:© Greenpeace / Ex-Press / David AdairMaximum size:2339px X 3336pxRestrictions:Images ok for use in all Greenpeace campaigns, products and brochures. NOT FOR ADVERTISING OR COMMERCIAL USE.Keywords:Activists-Barrels-Day-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Novartis-Outdoors-Protective clothing-Return to sender actions-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Toxics Action Bonfol Waste Barrel Returned to Sender Novartis CEO in Risch Buonas SwitzerlandAbout twenty activists protested in the garden of Novartis 'emperor' Daniel "Supredan" Vasella. Villagers and Greenpeace activists brought back "barrel No. 9" to its legal owner. The barrel was flown to lake Zug by a helicopter and delivered to Mr. Vasella in his garden. The barrel contains 50 liters of spring water from the well Saint Fromant in Bonfol. Recent Greenpeace analysis show that pharmaceutical products from the Basel Chemical Industry such as the anti-depressant Tegretol or the sedative Sandoptal contaminate this spring. The same substances are also found in water from the Bonfol landfill. Detailed analysis will be presented by Greenpeace in a few days. The discovery of drugs, including those which may no longer be sold since 70 years ago like the Ciba-product Doriden, are a scandalous and alarming find. The offensive silence of the Basel Chemical Industry towards the worried people is an insult. The disinformation tactics of Novartis, Ciba and their PR agencies who tried just this week, to trivialize the dangers of the toxic dump site for the drinking water of the region, is unacceptable.
