I have been approached by many residents of Westbury and the Surrounding Villages about incidents that have occurred in their environment.
Many of whom have written or phoned The Environment Agency or the company Blue Circle / Lafarge.
This is your opportunity to share your experience with others of this region. Some of you I understand will feel unhappy about releasing your name.
WE WILL NOT PUBLISH YOUR NAME WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION.
Mr
PK & Mrs. TC Barthram
Rowmead
Capps
Lane
Nr. Westbury
Wilts
BA13 4NF
Mr
Tim Loveday
PPC
RSR Officer
The
Environment Agency
Rivers
House,
East
Quay
Bridgewater,
Somerset
TA6
4NY
11th
July
2008
Dear Mr
Loveday
RE:
Lafarge Chimney – Westbury
Further
to our concerns with reference to the emissions from the
Lafarge cement factory chimney in Westbury, I would like to
request that the enclosed sample in analysed by the
Environment Agency.
This
sample has been taken from a deposit / residue that
continually forms at the bottom of the birdbath in our
garden here at Rowmead. Note: it forms in anything that
collects rain water! For sometime now there has been
a deposit of ‘red slime’ at the bottom of the birdbath and
as we are frequently smelling a sulphur (?) odour from the
plume of the chimney (which also ‘grounds’ over some of our
fields), I would very much appreciate knowing what this
is. Particularly as this smell, at times, causes my
wife to feel nauseous as well as giving her a sore
(burning) throat.
For your
information, I have also asked David Levy to have a sample
analysed at the Bristol West of England
University.
I look
forward to your reply in due course.
Yours sincerely
MR PK BARTHRAM
C.C – David Levy
Samples
of red substances found in peoples bird baths have been
causing concern. Is it pollution several asked me, one even
asked whether it was the red weed from War of the Worlds
H.G.Wells? I guess he was joking but with crop circles and
other mysteries I thought I better find
out.
One
sample was sent to the Environment Agency the other to the
Biologists at the University of West of England. I am
pleased to say all found the substance to be an algae
called Haematococcus. It can reside under adverse
conditions and spreads readily in moist conditions.It will
not cause harm and will not turn you into a pod
person
Hope
that settles the jitters
David
Levy
Dear David Levy
Just for the record.
I am very unhappy that you do not seem to be able to get a
prompt explanation of the photographs I
sent you on the 29th May 08, your contact in
the environment agency has
had adequate time to come back to you, below is a
copy of my original e mail plus the new series of
photographs supplied by the Wellground Alpaca Stud. I
visited the Stud on 27 July 2008
the invisible noxious fumes from Lafarge
hit when I sat on there porch, the wind was blowing
directly from
the chimney direction.On arriving home I
suffering from a headache, how these
poor people put up with this is beyond me. I
would ask you to use all your powers to call Lafarge to
task ASAP.
I wish you well.
Alex Prowse
These pictures were taken by Sandra
Williams from Harefield
Alpacas on Merseyside whilst
visiting our farm on Tuesday 15th
July 2008. At the times given on
the picture names.
Interesting video - I think the
doctors are a
weak-kneed fence-sitting bunch. The Public Health
Department should be doing some hard investigation.
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