Marchioness survivors at risk of disease from Thames water

Title

Marchioness survivors at risk of disease from Thames water

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Julie Benson reports on survivors of the Marchioness tragedy being warned they could be at risk from diseases carried in the pollution riddled waters of the Thames including the deadly Weil’s disease. Includes interviews with Terry Mills of Friends of the Earth and Jean Harper of the National Rivers Authority. For AM programme.

Contributors

Julie Benson; Terry Mills; Jean Harper

Keywords

Deaths; London; Health; Diseases; Water pollution; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Friends of the Earth; National Rivers Authority; AM (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Southwark Bridge; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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