Please contact me if your health has been affected by Southall's "Toxic Town" Gasworks

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    Who wants to know more about how, twelve years ago, an exclusive group of rich, mostly white, middle aged men in suits planned to take advantage of the financial crash and austerity politics to sell Ealing's public land and buildings for profit …

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    Ealing Labour Leaks

    Is anyone interested in seeing a selection of leaked WhatsApp group messages from some Ealing Labour councillors?

    An inside look at what they really think about Bell, Mason, Sharma?

    The institutional bullying and corruption they kept quiet for …

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    Questions for Cabinet Leads

    Questions for Cllrs @_petermason, @DrAyshaRaza, @jkblacker, @JasbirAnand2 and @kamnagpal on tackling inequalities, healthy lives, thriving communities, a fairer start, specifically in reference to the ongoing air pollution and odour nuisance …

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    From the Southall Big Plan AGM in 2017

    Some perennial problems that our elected representatives seem to be unable - or unwilling - to do anything about.

    Some things never change!

    Priority from nine years ago - clean streets!

    Julian Bell's Ten Year Plan.

    40% …

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    Look at these Bricks!

    Imported from the original Twitter thread (via Thread Reader App), where you will find a better and complete viewing experience.

    Look at these bricks!

    Is 2500:

    A) The year the new cinema in Ealing will finally be opened to the public?

    B) The price …

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    Strawberries for Pigs?

    Little did we know at the time, but these little strawberries were usually engulfed in a toxic plume of benzene, naphthalene, and god only knows what else.

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    Sensibly, the wife refused to eat them.

    We later discovered that official planning documents …

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    High Traffic Neighbourhood

    Took me an hour (as opposed to 10 minutes) to drive my lad home from school this afternoon, thanks in part to the High Traffic Neighbourhood (‘Improving access for HGVs’) in Southall ‘Green’.

    Like a rat, I tried the side …

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    Trigger Vote for Sharma

    In July 2019, I attended a public meeting with Public Health England to discuss air pollution problems created by the development of the old gasworks site.

    At this meeting, I asked Public Health England if it is true that people with Asian and …

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    The Gaslighting Zone

    @Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit #StopPoisoningSouthall @SouthallGaswork

    You guys are really taking the piss now, aren't you?

    @Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork .@PHE_London report on the health impact of …

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    Southall under Siege: the Neighbours from Hell

    ‘A lack of scrutiny,’ says John Freeman, Regulatory Services Officer at Ealing Council.

    He’s talking about lessons to be learned from the council’s response to the new asphalt plant built in neighbouring Hillingdon borough in 2014.

    ‘We didn’t expect …

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    PHE cover-up, continued

    • Original Atkins report data doesn’t add up, and is full of holes.

    • PHE’s method of presenting data is unscientific and misleading, and appears designed to minimise the levels of toxic emissions.

    • Average levels of benzene and naphthalene at the …

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    Naphthalene Poisoning Risk in People of African and Asian Heritage

    Scientific and medical research shows that people of Asian and African ethnicity are genetically more susceptible to naphthalene poisoning via inhalation.

    @PHE_London representative Robie Kamanyire falsely claimed this is from ingestion only. …

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    PHE cover-up?

    Levels of benzene exceeded the EU and UK ambient AQS of 5 ug/m3 during January to April 2019.

    Public Health England’s third report released today is a cause of real concern.

    Of course, it basically re-states its position in previous reports that …

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    The Health and Other Impacts of Southall Waterside on Southall & Hayes Residents

    Any other comments about the effect the Southall Waterside redevelopment has had on your health?

    1. Worried about as yet unknown, unseen long-term impacts

    2. My house has been wrecked and the people who are working for Berkley are unable to listen to …

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    Pull the Other One, Julian

    Conspiracy theory?

    Our Great Leader, Julian ‘Two Jobs, Two Homes’ Bell, claimed on Desi Radio this morning that, “unfortunately”, none of the air quality monitoring data provided to him by Berkeley Group, the developers of …

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    Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics?

    From my original Facebook note.

    Berkeley Group founder and chair Tony Pidgley promised to share their onsite air quality monitoring data with us almost two months ago. We’re still waiting.

    Today,I finally received a response to my email of 29 …

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    Countering the Southall Waterside Narrative

    From my original Facebook note.

    1.Look how great we are!

    Berkeley will tell you about all the good work they do in the Southall community:

    ·Giving a tiny fraction of their £600m profits to the local homeless shelter

    ·Creating the ‘edible’ …

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    Berkeley's School Governors Board Member

    This has shocked us all to the core.

    @BerkeleyGroupUK's Head of Construction at #SouthallWaterside asked to join the board of governors at the adjacent Blair Peach Primary School.

    This is from the minutes of that meeting (29/11/17). 1/7 …

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    Health Risks of Exposure to Benzene

    'Benzene evaporates easily, and most people can just detect its distinctive smell at concentrations between 2.5 and 5 parts per million (ppm) in air.' (hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg329.… [PDF])

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    Meeting Berkeley Group

    Last Wednesday, I and two other #Southall residents met with @berkeleygroupuk's @damian_leydon, @rickwatler and @SangheraJags, and their PR company representative and note taker @chattycoley of @LocalDialogue, at their #SouthallWaterside HQ. …

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    Visit to Southall Waterside (aka The Green Quarter)

    Visit To #SouthallWaterside

    1:40 @damian_leydon 'We had to shut the site for 2 days when it snowed, it was unsafe... it cost me a lot of money to shut the site, but it was the right decision... We all know that ice can be dangerous!' …