Dangerous chemicals
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HAULAGE firms which transport dangerous chemicals send their drivers on regular training courses, says a councillor. should Suffolk Many drivers had no idea of what they were carrying and were not equipped to deal with an emergency, said George King of Ipswich Borough Council.
He was speaking in a debate on the transport through the town of methyl isocyanate, the type of chemical which caused more than 2,000 deaths in Bhopal, India.
Ipswich councillors rejected a Government assurance that the movement of the chemicals through Suffolk posed "no significant danger to residents".
A meeting of the council's environmental services and property sub-committee last week decided to write once again to the Health and Safety Executive to press for new regulations on the transport of dangerous chemicals. Members feared a catastrophe in Suffolk.