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Monday, November 13th, 1989, p. 2
GDR secret intelligence: Elbe a sewer
GDR industries pollute the river Elbe with ten thousands metric
tons of toxic waste. The Western weekly "Der Spiegel" cites a
study for the East Berlin ministry of the environment, saying
that water form the Elbe exceeds the European Community rules
for drinking water by the factor 90 for cadmium and by the factor
250 for mercury. The study also says that 90 percent of all
toxic waste in the Elbe comes from industries in the GDR, and
only a fraction from the USSR. One of the worst Elbe polluters
in the GDR is the chemical plant at Bitterfeld. Most waste
and sewage enters the Elbe unfiltered.
Frederik Ramm, 2001-04-27
