Asbestos dumping on Bristol's water supply - MP Jacob Rees-Mogg joins calls for greater safeguards

tinyurl.com Fears for Bristol's water supply as asbestos dump approved THOUSANDS of tonnes of asbestos could be dumped close to one of Bristol's biggest supplies of drinking water. Councillors in Bath have rubber stamped the plan, to use a quarry near Chew Valley Lake to dispose of up to 645000 tonnes of the substance, despite strong objections from the company that controls Bristol's water supply. Bristol Water says the plan by a Cheshire company to use Stowey Quarry

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