Monthly Archives: November 2019

The rise, fall and toxic legacy of Albright and Wilson’s Portishead site.

Portishead The Portishead site near Bristol was built to provide increased white phosphorus capacity post war. The location was chosen primarily because of its dockside availability for the receipt of phosphate ore by sea and also adjacent power station and … Continue reading

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Albright’s toxic archives #22 Albright’s bluestone blues

  Albright and Wilson’s waste disposal activities did not just extend to pumping toxic slurries and burying drums at their own tips. They also offloaded hazardous waste to some dubious entities involved in “waste disposal”- one of these being “Bluestone … Continue reading

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