A THOUSAND tonnes of redundant toxic pesticides will set sail for the UK in the next few months. But the lethal cargo is unlikely to face the kind of environmental opposition that greeted four ships contaminated with PCBs and asbestos when they sailed into Hartlepool last year. That’s because the pesticides, if left where they are, would threaten the lives of thousands of Ethiopian villagers.
They are part of an estimated 3000 tonnes of pesticides collected from waste dumps across Ethiopia. Many are decades old and banned from use, and are housed in leaky drums. The Ethiopian government revealed on…
