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Tue 07 Jul 2008Brockovich backs Cork residents over waste fears

Erin Brockovich, the renowned environment alactivist whose life story was turned into an Oscar-winning film, has given her support to residents of Cork's lower harbour who are fearful of the presence of the carcinogenic material, chromium six, at the former Irish Steel site.

Last week the Department of the Environment was accused of a cover-up concerning the extent of highly hazardous waste buried at the site. People living near Haulbowline, Co Cork, expressed concern after it was disclosed an estimated 500,000 tonnes of waste are buried at the former Irish Steel/Ispat site.

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