NOT JUST LONDON
ON PAGE 18 (£600 MILLION MORE FROM LONDON) WE REFERRED TO THE " FULL WAIVER FROM ANY FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO THE (OLYMPIC) SITE " THAT DEVELOPERS WERE ARGUING ABOUT. AT THAT TIME WE COULD ONLY GUESS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BUT NOW, ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE SUNDAY EXPRESS (23RD JULY 2006) - BY REPORTER TED JEORY, THE PROBLEM IS " DEADLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE BURIED IN STEEL DRUMS BENEATH THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC SITE, SO WE CAN NOW BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BIG HITTERS ARE ALL ABOUT.APPARENTLY THE DRUMS ARE BURIED AT A FORMER UNLICENSED LANDFILL SITE - JUST WHERE THE ATHLETES VILLAGE AND HOCKEY STADIUM ARE PLANNED, AND ARE FILLED WITH BRICKS AND METAL CONTAMINATED WITH THE CHEMICAL ELEMENT " THORIUM ", USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR URANIUM IN NUCLEAR REACTORS, AND COULD CAUSE BONE AND BLOOD CANCER. NO WONDER THE DEVELOPERS ARE DEMANDING A "FULL WAIVER FROM ANY FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO THE SITE".THE EXCLUSIVE REPORT STATES THAT IN A LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 1972 FROM LEE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK AUTHORITY, TO A DEVELOPER, A SITE SURVEYOR SAID THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM TOLD HIM RADIOACTIVE WASTE WAS DEPOSITED UNDER THE WEST HAM TIP IN 1959 IN 40 GALLON STEEL DRUMS UNDER 12 FEET OF EARTH IN THE CESSPOOL OF THE OLD HOUSES.
WITH NO ACCURATE LOCATION OF THE DRUMS ANY DIGGING COULD DISTURB THEM ACCIDENTALLY AND RELEASE RADIATION. AT PRESENT IT IS REPORTED THAT RADIATION LEVELS AROUND HOMES IS NORMAL AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ARGUING THAT THE DRUMS SHOULD BE LEFT UNTIL THEIR EXACT LOCATION IS KNOWN ( AND WHO CAN BLAME THEM). THEY CLAIM THAT THE AUTHORITIES DESIGNATED THE LAND " HIGH RISK " AS THE REASON FOR THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AS IS USUAL IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS A SPOKESMAN FOR A DEVELOPEMENT AGENCY, WHILST ACKNOWLEDGING THE EXISTANCE OF THE 1972 LETTER/MEMO, IS REPORTED AS SAYING " THERE IS NO HARD EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THERE IS ANY RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ON SITE, OR ANY PUBLIC HEALTH RISK ( SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN - BECAUSE A "DEVELOPER'S SPOKESMAN " HAS SAID SO ! SO WHY DO THEY WANT A "LEGAL WAIVER " ? WITH NO RISK WHY ALL THE ARGUMENT ABOUT A " FULL WAIVER FROM ANY FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO THE SITE " ?
WILL THIS BIG CLEAN UP OF THE SITE BE ANOTHER ADDED EXPENSE THAT LONDONERS WILL HAVE TO MEET, AND HOW ABOUT FUTURE CLAIMS FROM THOSE WHO WORK, MAINTAIN OR PERFORM ON THE SITE WHO SAY THEIR BONE OR/AND BLOOD CANCER WAS AS A RESULT OF THE CONTAMINATION ON THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE SITE. WILL THE MAYOR OF LONDON AND LONDON M.PS SECURE A " WAIVER FOR LONDONERS ?
A LEGAL WAIVER WOULD COVER THE DEVELOPERS - BUT WHAT ABOUT LONDON TAX PAYERS. IF LONDONERS ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHARE OF THE OLYMPIC "LOSSES" IS IT NOT POSSIBLE THAT THEY WILL ALSO BE LUMBERED WITH THE COST OF ANY MEDICAL CLAIMS, BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE HAS A " FULL WAIVER FROM ANY FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS " - THINK ABOUT IT !!
SAY " NO " TO THE LONDONERS ONLY OLYMPIC TAX -
AND " NO " "NO " "NO " TO ANY OLYMPIC DEBTS OR FUTURE HEALTH CLAIMS.