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37 results found for '"Drinking water"' in Keywords.
Stanley Clinton Davis on water privatisation and quality (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Former European Environment Commissioner Stanley Clinton Davis talks to Paul Rowley about the privatisation of water, how it is being done solely to make money, how the Government has been trying to weaken...
Survey into drinking water quality (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Following a survey into drinking water, an unidentified spokesman calling for an independent national agency to control quality, and for action to strip out all the remaining lead service pipes and plumbing....
Britain to be prosecuted over drinking water standards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Environment Secretary Chris Patten speaks to Peter Spencer about the EC deciding to go ahead with its prosecution of Britain over nitrate and lead in drinking water despite his intense lobbying. He says it...
Britain to be prosecuted over drinking water standards (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
The European Community’s environment commissioner, Carlo Ripa Di Meana says Britain is being prosecuted over the poor quality of drinking water because the Government simply isn’t spending enough...
Britain to be prosecuted over drinking water standards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Britain may have won more time from the EEC as the Government battles to avoid being taken before the European court over polluted tap water. UK Environment Secretary, Chris Patten is interviewed in Brussels...
Labour conference-water privatisation leak (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with shadow Environment Secretary, Jack Cunningham, at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, following his speech where he revealed a leaked copy of a draft share prospectus for the...
Aluminium levels critical at Cornwall water works (1989)
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- Interview
John Bennett of South West Water speaks to Graham Smith on an emergency at a water treatment works near Camelford in Cornwall where an equipment failure lead to aluminium levels 5 times the EEC limit. He...
Romanian revolution (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Gareth Furby reports from Timisoara, Romania back to studio reporter Jackie Ford on the difficulties in travelling round the country due to frequent checkpoints after the uprising; and highly dangerous...
Mad cow carcases dumped near drinking water source (1990)
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- News report; Interview
Norwich South MP, John Garrett is calling for an inquiry into the dumping of cow carcasses close to the source of drinking water supplies to more than a quarter of a million people. Residents fear the water...
Londons water supplies contaminated (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Environmental health officers who surveyed 25 London boroughs have reported water supplies are contaminated with weedkillers.They say there is no health risk. Graham Jukes, under secretary at the Institution...