1. Communities of fish and invertebrates are attracted to structures such as oil platforms and nuclear waste dumps. 2. Nor are waste dumps the only things being shaken-up. 3. Recycling also helps control environmental pollution by reducing the need for waste dumps. 4. Some manufacturing companies are also voluntarily cleaning up old waste dumps. 5. Some environmentalists have expressed concern that using old mines as waste dumps could be both dangerous and expensive. 6. The scientists mention in particular the nuclear testing on neighbouring Novaya Zemlya, pollution in the White Sea and Barents Sea, and toxic waste dumps in the region. 7. The programme makes no mention, however, of highly expensive tasks of cleaning up toxic waste dumps and military sites. 8. Although his two assailants were never caught, the mayor has suggested that they were retaliating for his opposition to a proposed industrial waste dump. 9. An aboriginal woman hunted for crabs at low tide below the sea wall of the Lan Yu nuclear waste dump, last week. 10. And in Nevada, the public fears plans for a federal nuclear waste dump inside Yucca Mountain, overlooking Las Vegas. |