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TOUR
LOGBOOK
10 April 2000 - Rainbow Warrior Launches Japan Tour Targeting Toxic
Pollution in Seto Sea
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Greenpeace,
launched the Japan leg of the Toxics Free Asia Tour on board the
organisation’s flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, docked in Hiroshima.
While in Japan the Rainbow Warrior will be undertaking a number
of public and educational activities to highlight the dangers of
pollution from hazardous and persistent chemicals. The boat will
be open to the public in Hiroshima, Takamastu (Sakaide port), Kagawa
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“Greenpeace is a global multi-cultural and non-violent organisation
dedicated to protecting the environment through scientific research,
political lobbying and peaceful protest. The Rainbow Warrior has been
campaigning on nuclear, toxic pollution and biodiversity issues for
almost 20 years, and has come to Japan as part of the Toxic Free Asia
Tour to highlight the dangers of Japan’s signficant persistant organic
pollution to the environment and human health” said Rainbow Warrior
Captain, Peter Wilcox.
“The focus of our work in Japan will be seeking to highlight the environmental
significance and threats from toxic pollution to the marine environment
of the Seto Inland Sea” said Greenpeace Japan Campaigner, Ayako Sekine.
“It is no longer acceptable to use the marine environment as dumping
ground for wastes. The Seto Inland Sea is a sensitive ecological area,
and tough measures should be taken to ensure that it is protected from
industrial pollution. It is time for industry and government to commit
to a zero discharge policy for hazardous pollutants in the Seto Sea”
added Sekine.
The Rainbow Warrior is presently in Japan on the 5th leg of the Toxic
Free Asia Tour. The tour started in November 1999 in India and has since
been to Thailand, the Philippines and Hong Kong. The tour so far has
successfully highlighted more than a dozen important pollution issues
in four Asia countries.
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April 2000 - Greenpeace highlights threat from waste dumps on Teshima
Island
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