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Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 2:00 pm UTC

Kirchner government: “monumental hypocrites”

The government of Argentina are “monumental hypocrites” regarding their own environmental record and continue to fuel the discord by feeding misinformation about the Botnia pulp mill under construction near the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos, claims a Canadian environmental scientist in a letter addressed to MercoPress.

Dr. Wayne Dwernychuk, R.P.Bio. Zoom Image

Dr. Wayne Dwernychuk, R.P.Bio., a distinguished and experienced environment consultant who was a member of the panel of experts who helped with the environmental impact study of the Botnia pulp mill next to the river Uruguay, said that President Kirchner should instead address the pollution problems of the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin in Buenos Aires.

“Millions of people are directly affected by toxic chemicals and unsanitary conditions therein, and have been doing so for countless years”.

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