Toxic landfills, fracking and the lethal threat of Environment Agency neglect

The Ecologist
Jan 19, 2015, 4:36 am115 pts
$photo of Toxic landfills, fracking and the lethal threat of Environment Agency neglect image$ Nearly a year ago at the height of the UK floods, tragedy struck an ordinary family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. Now the authorities appear determined to exculpate the source of the poison - an old landfill site - even as they prepare for a massive increase…

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