Toxic Waste - River Investigation
Polmadie Burn is an Ancient Waterway in Glasgow's South Side - Known as Jennys Burn it is situated between Shawfield and Oatlands.
Hidden from the public between a construction site and a busy road, the point of which the Toxic Waste travels below the ground and into the Burn then into the River Clyde.
This is a detrimental environmental issue that has lasted generations, now becoming historic in essence as it dates back to the Chemical Works of J&J Whites of Shawfield.
The large volumes and varieties of harmful chemicals used in the Shawfield works resulted in huge amounts of toxic waste to be disposed of. This waste included the highly carcenogenic hexavalent chromium, or Chromium VI. If you’ve ever seen that Julia Roberts movie Erin Brokovich, it’s the same material that she discovered had been illegally dumped by the company, Pacific Gas & Electric.
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