Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Written Evidence


Memorandum submitted by Mr and Mrs Irwin

  1.  Horrendous Molotov war type gasses used repeatedly, and are well known to us to be the weapons of mass destruction . . . and were never able to be contained because the burial chamber was sighted on a hill, and these gasses constantly used on us and were manufactured by Viridor, ever since 2001's Foot-and-Mouth. We were repeatedly shaken awake from our beds this caused severe damage to our lives and nervous systems etc, because these perniciously vile gaseous stenches repeatedly coming from those rotting carcasses, human excreta and household waste etc, were all mass buried at that time into an overlarge landfill/landrise cell of seven acres, and sited far too close to the community, and all these remained fermenting and putrefying etc and uncovered until 2003.

  2.  We were constantly being made so ill from these gassings and were completely unable to drive our cars! No windows could be opened because of the vilest of stenches and swarms of flies. We the forgotten Foot-and-Mouth prisoners made victims in our homes!!! We believe that the Environment Agency was forced to change all safety procedures to accommodate these horrendously Toxic loads etc.

  3.  Our Dogs West Highland White Terrier column, November 4, 2005, page 36, Diane Irwin gives news of a BPIS win for her Rishtte Glamis (born 9.3.05) under judge Jane Lilly at the Bodmin Open Show October 23. For all the usual winning reasons Diane is pleased with Glamis success, but there is much more—sheer relief at being able to breed healthy and obviously winning stock again, I would say.

  4.  As since the 2001 Foot and Mouth Diane's kennel has been under attack from pollution caused at the time, first sterility then abortions and central nervous system damage, sudden deaths, deformities, now the community has high asthma, cancer, birth defects and (800)Parkinson figures. Diane has campaigned incessantly, her efforts had lead her to work alongside a panel of experts who also agree that the fore mentioned problems occurred since 2001 F&M out break, known as the World's Worst Plague.

  5.  For all these reasons Diane feels communities that were also subjected to so much pollution due to the F&M must be informed and therefore she would be only too pleased to hear from anyone who may feel they have suffered in similar circumstances" by Marjorie Dickinson.

  Also enclosed is a copy of my letter published 17 November 2005, Shropshire Star Mail:

    Letters to the Editor: I would like to thank the Shropshire Star's Newspaper and their website, ever since 2001's Foot-and-Mouth I have been forced to research information regarding birth defects etc caused to my dogs from pollution, so was pleased to find those type of letters on; www.shropshirestar.com . . . Written by Michael Ryan, Shrewsbury. I also found another very interesting website; www.countrydoctor.co.uk written by Dr Dick Van Steenis . . . I would now very much like to thank, both of these aforementioned gentlemen by my acknowledgement.

  Because of the health problems first caused to my dogs then us, so many of these unusual problems are well known to be associated with pollution caused since 2001's Foot-and-Mouth's pyre etc, and this now is proving to be the causal link in several different areas of the country; Kingsteignton, Highhampton and Oakhampton (and now Chudleigh, Highweek, Kidderminster, Worcester)

  Recently three out of four of my dogs born during that time have only just managed to produce their first litters, at such an unbelievable late age of almost five!!! Organo Phosphates and Formaldehyde are well documented to be the causal link. With an exceptionally great team of experts supporting me, I am now able to continue with them to collect further information.

  All these seemingly Terrorist War Type Gas Attacks etc seemed to be clearly allowable living conditions by the several governing bodies, because this was all seen to be such a safe life style for us to be placed into by the Environment Agency . . . Whom we naturally believed were in place by Government to take care of us. Especially as we should all expect them to look after and save the Environment?

  Under Common Law the Tort of Nuisance is described as an act or omission on certain land that unreasonably interferes with or disturbs another person's right of enjoyment of other land. Public Nuisance is a criminal Offence as well as a civil wrong and only applies if the defendant's act or omission is affecting a significant section of the public as a whole; a petition of 600 affected gave signatures these were handed over to Mr Richard Younger Ross MP in front of the MEP delegation led by Mr Graham Watson. Viridor Landfill Site and Buckland Sewage Treatment Works are the Pennon Group and have committed a criminal offence and a civil wrong against us, by not being able to contain these horrendously pernicious war type gasses, repeatedly released and allowed to torture us, from the rotting carcasses mass buried into household Waste, and tonnes of human excreta etc, at the grossly mismanaged Viridor landfill/landrise.

Mr and Mrs Irwin

December 2005


 
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