'Toxic waste' report gag lifted - Democratic Underground

dipsydoodle

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:52 AM
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'Toxic waste' report gag lifted

Source: BBC News

Lawyers for the oil trading company Trafigura have ended attempts to keep secret a scientific report about toxic waste dumping in the Ivory Coast.

The legal firm Carter-Ruck has written to the Guardian saying the paper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions.

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger welcomed the move.

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An MP revealed the report's existence to parliament earlier this week after the Guardian was served with a "super-injunction" banning all mention of it.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8311885.stm

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bananas

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Sat Oct-17-09 09:29 AM
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1. So when do we get to see it? nt

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GliderGuider

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Sat Oct-17-09 09:57 AM
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2. Ask and ye shall receive

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/10/16/mintonreport.pdf (PDF)

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Vidar

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Sat Oct-17-09 02:03 PM
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3. Glad to hear it.

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humus

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Sat Oct-17-09 02:20 PM
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4. The 15 most toxic places to live

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/the-15-most-toxic-places-to-live/earths-orbit

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