WEEK 15 April 1st to 7th 2002

   POISON IN ORGANIC OILS

   Organic oils, used in margarine production, are increasingly skipped in tanks, in ships and trucks also being used to transport chemicals. Sweden is one of the countries within the EU, where this practice is most pronounced. Over one hundred types of chemicals are allowed transported this way, among them Glycole, Benzene and Acetone. The legality of the transport is defended on the grounds of an EU-exception stating that poisons are diluted and phased out when organic oil are refined to Margarine.
   - There isn't really any threat here, a representative for the Swedish public environmental agency is stating.- The remaining amounts of the various poisons are so small that they represent no danger to the public health.