Greenpeace blocks pipe from toxic chemicals company, demands full disclosure of chemicals harming communities and environment

Silang, Cavite, 30 October 2009?Greenpeace Water Patrol activists examine contaminated sediments beneath the wastewater discharge pipe of hazardous waste treatment company Cleanway Technology Corporation (CTC) in Silang, Cavite, around 55 kilometers South of Manila, prior to plugging the pipe itself. Toxic fumes from four chemical leaks since October 14 have downed around 70 people in nearby communities, but CTC has yet to disclose what chemicals, and in what quantities, have spilled out to the environment due to their operations. The discharge pipe empties directly into a small creek that flows through nearby communities and into freshwater springs in the vicinity, before it joins tributaries to Launa Lake. Greenpeace is demanding full disclosure of the toxic chemicals from CTC, as well as full cooperation from the company in the investigation of the case so that Cleanway is accountable for damage inflicted on human health and the environment, and responsible for clean up of contamination. ©Greenpeace

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