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Article

23 Sep 2001

Author:
Stuart Jeffries and Sam Taylor, The Observer [UK]

Protesters' long battle to move blast factory [France]

The death toll in the Toulouse chemical plant explosion could rise to 40 as rescuers desperately search the wreckage for 15 missing workers. Furious locals said they had spent years campaigning to have the plant relocated to a less populated area...In a statement, Greenpeace France called for 'total transparency' about the chemicals that had been released into the air, and said 'the events prove that we're never totally protected from an accident'.