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  1. 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...

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  2. 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...

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  3. Ann Taylor on seawater pollution (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Kevin Murphy interviews Labour Party environment spokeswoman Ann Taylor on Blackpool beach where she is trying to focus attention on water pollution and the poor state of Britain’s beaches. The interview...

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  4. Aluminium levels critical at Cornwall water works (1989)

    Genre
    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...

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  5. Marchioness survivors at risk of disease from Thames water (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    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....

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  6. Beach water quality improves (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the EC official in charge of monitoring water purity, Grant Lawrence, about UK beaches’ water quality improving and many now meeting the European directive. Legal action may now be avoided....

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  7. John Badenoch on report into contamination of water supply (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    A Department of the Environment report into the contamination of the mains water supply by cryptosporidium, following recent outbreaks of severe diarrhoea. Committee Chairman John Badenoch on drinking water...

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  8. Beach pollution - EEC takes action against UK (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Fraser reports from Luxembourg on the EEC launching legal action against the UK Government for failing to bring pollution levels on 140 beaches down to within European standards. Fraser interviews Grant...

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  9. Tougher measures for waste discharged into rivers (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with National Rivers Authority Chief Scientist, Dr Jan Pentreath about tough new rules proposed to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Chris Patten, over waste discharges into UK rivers....

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  10. Water quality needs improving (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with an unidentified male on the water quality objectives set out by the Government and says there needs to be a dramatic improvement in river water quality. Possibly spokesman for NRA (National...

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