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5 Oct 2001

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Reuters

Protesters arrested at Dutch chemical plant

Dutch police arrested 15 activists from environmental group Greenpeace yesterday after they occupied a chemical plant owned by French firm Atofina. Police said 10 of the protesters were arrested earlier in the day after chaining themselves to a fence at the plant's entrance to protest its production of a toxic paint additive...Atofina is owned by France's TotalFinaElf , the world's fourth largest oil company.