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deral Trade Commission (F.T.C.) opposes the operatior
of the Du Pont Plant at DeLisle, Miss.
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orative Wall Street Journal relished an article which stated oderal Trade Commission had >u Pont with attempting to the 600 million dollar a year •ioxide Pigment Market . .
fluents into the shallow northern part of Bay St. Louis. Test on the effluent have already shown that it can kill shrimp. Tests have not even been run which would reflect the effluents long term effect on immature oysters, shell fish, and fish. Despite Du Pont's public claims of being environmentally conscious, they are seemingly more concerned with the economy of dumping said effluents into the Bay of St. Louis.
SAVE THE BAY NOT
AGAINST
INDUSTRY
It can be positively stated that Save the Bay, Inc. is not against industry. We are FOR CLEAN INDUSTRY but suggest that industry confine itself to those areas designated for industry that exist in Hancock
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would be 114,000 tons (about 1,267 tank cars), caustic soda (lye) would total 19,000 tons (about 211 cars). The newspapers |H$ve been full of stories concerning tank kr <#r derailments, deaths caused by same, •Si ►-j#}d evacuation of entire towns. Do we J?2^nt this possibility . . . and what about eoS possible major tragedy along our Gulf g Eiljoast.
If tank cars are derailed and their dan-fec !gWous gases escape — how could the *’ i. ■thousands of motorists who use 1-10 daily ! [fescape from these dangers? Further, Du !&;c,Pont has testified that they will employ, c jo pull these tanks cars, two used, but -'reconditioned, locomotives. Why don't they use newer, safer ones?
STUDENTS MOSTLY SKEPTICAL AFTER DU PONT VISIT
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dropping. Du Pont's plant alone v 4,000,000 gallons of water daily. An will the water consumption be c1 other industrial firms who will along Du Pont's railroad — more n of daily gallons. It could well be th. enormous universal use of water dustrial purposes could put all citizens in a "heckuva" fix.
AND WHAT ABC OUR SURE TO B INCREASED TAX IF ALL THIS SUDDEN INDUSTRIAL