STAR LETTER: TESCO TRASHED
I am a regular cyclist. Three or four weeks ago I was cycling on a cycle path next to the river Colne, from Garston to Watford (roughly three miles) when I noticed about 15 shopping trolleys in the river and on the banks. I have been in touch with the chief executive of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy's management team, but they keep making excuses, why they cannot remove the shopping trolleys either from the river or riverbanks.
I am one person trying to keep England a clean and tidy place, I cycle as much as I can, so as not to pollute the atmosphere by driving a car, but I do expect the countryside and cycle tracks to be clear of shopping trolleys in this day and age.
I have taken some photos for you to look over. See what you think about the mess Tesco is making. You might have more success than I, in having them remove their trolleys from the river and countryside. I would be most grateful if you could look in to this matter.
Many thanks
Mr Everitt
Watford
BLINDED BY THE SCIENCE Dear Corporate Watch, My son and I recently visited the Science Museum, which is running an exhibition called 'Pure Iceland, experience a land bursting with energy'. It is, however, sponsored by several Icelandic corporations, including Landsvirkjun, the country's National Power Company. From reading Corporate Watch I know that this company is involved in building an environmentally destructive dam, in the Karahnjukar area. But you'd never know that from the exhibition! While it was full of nice pictures of Iceland, including a realistic bubbling mud-pit, the exhibition also went on about how clean and green hydro power was, and how the dam projects would not harm the environment, and so on. Here's a quote from the exhibition's leaflet: 'Today Iceland only uses about 15% of the hydro and geothermal energy at its disposal - and so the country is inviting foreign companies to take advantage of its spare clean power.' And, of course, one of the 'foreign companies' happens to be Alcoa, which will run a very un-clean aluminium smelter! Ruth Matthison,
London
TRUE MEN DON'T KILL COYOTES Dear Editor, I found the recent Channel 4 documentary on animal experimentation, Animals, to be an educational experience. We live in a world where scientists put a lot of effort and money into researching the totally useless task of inhabiting other planets. Yet some scientists still promote the archaic practise of cutting up cats and dogs. I am not convinced by the pro-animal experimentation lobby, who claim to champion the causes of cancer prevention and new medicines. We should be aiming for prevention rather than cure. The reason that there are such increasingly high rates of cancer globally is that diet and lifestyle are very poor while environmental pollutants and toxins are very high. If we addressed these issues first, there would be a dramatic reduction in diseases such as cancer. I personally fail to understand how a so-called civilised and animal loving society can tolerate what can only be described as satanic rituals of a degraded science. Yours sincerely
Chloe Hardy,
Inverness
chloealex@hotmail.com
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Mr Everitt
Watford
If you would like to ask Tesco whether the trollies on the banks of the Colne have been cleared up yet, contact Michelle Cornish on cr.team@uk.tesco.com
BLINDED BY THE SCIENCE Dear Corporate Watch, My son and I recently visited the Science Museum, which is running an exhibition called 'Pure Iceland, experience a land bursting with energy'. It is, however, sponsored by several Icelandic corporations, including Landsvirkjun, the country's National Power Company. From reading Corporate Watch I know that this company is involved in building an environmentally destructive dam, in the Karahnjukar area. But you'd never know that from the exhibition! While it was full of nice pictures of Iceland, including a realistic bubbling mud-pit, the exhibition also went on about how clean and green hydro power was, and how the dam projects would not harm the environment, and so on. Here's a quote from the exhibition's leaflet: 'Today Iceland only uses about 15% of the hydro and geothermal energy at its disposal - and so the country is inviting foreign companies to take advantage of its spare clean power.' And, of course, one of the 'foreign companies' happens to be Alcoa, which will run a very un-clean aluminium smelter! Ruth Matthison,
London
To ask the Science Museum about their corporate involvement, contact anna.patterson@nmsi.ac.uk. For more information about the Karahnjukar dam, see past CW news reports:
www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=1889
www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=2172
www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=1889
www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=2172
TRUE MEN DON'T KILL COYOTES Dear Editor, I found the recent Channel 4 documentary on animal experimentation, Animals, to be an educational experience. We live in a world where scientists put a lot of effort and money into researching the totally useless task of inhabiting other planets. Yet some scientists still promote the archaic practise of cutting up cats and dogs. I am not convinced by the pro-animal experimentation lobby, who claim to champion the causes of cancer prevention and new medicines. We should be aiming for prevention rather than cure. The reason that there are such increasingly high rates of cancer globally is that diet and lifestyle are very poor while environmental pollutants and toxins are very high. If we addressed these issues first, there would be a dramatic reduction in diseases such as cancer. I personally fail to understand how a so-called civilised and animal loving society can tolerate what can only be described as satanic rituals of a degraded science. Yours sincerely
Chloe Hardy,
Inverness
chloealex@hotmail.com
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