VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

ENVIRONMENT

Greenpeace Report Exposes Fertilizer Industry Pollution In Mediterranean

A report issued in Beirut by the environmental group Greenpeace on 5 October leveled harsh criticism at the fertilizer industry in the Middle East and North Africa, saying that in the developing world the fertilizer industry fails to adhere to any safe environmental standards. From Morocco to Tunisia to Egypt to Israel to Lebanon to Turkey, major fertilizer plants are discharging...