-Caveat Lector- -- I thought that the next Olympics would show which countries had the worst pollution, until I read this. ------------------- E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE E-WIRE PRESS RELEASE *************************************************************************** TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDITOR: PR Watch Reports 'Greenwashing An Olympic-Sized Toxic Dump' MADISON, Wis., Sept. 20 -/E-Wire/-- The Center for Media & Democracy announced the following: One year from now when the 2000 Olympic Games open in Sydney they will be hyped as an environmental showcase, the "Green Olympics." In reality the Olympic site at Homebush Bay is "the worst toxic waste dump in Australia" writes Dr. Sharon Beder in the investigative quarterly PR Watch, available online at http://www.prwatch.org. The Olympic venue is contaminated with asbestos and chemicals including dioxins and pesticides, along with arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury and zinc. /CONTACT: John Stauber of Center for Media and Democracy, 608-233-3346, [EMAIL PROTECTED] / /Web site: http://www.prwatch.org / /Web site: http://www.prwatch.org/prw_issues.html / For Full Text and Graphics Visit: http://ens.lycos.com/e-wire/Sept99/20sept9901.html -- Any person can stand adversity, The true test is to give a person power. If you treat a relationship as if you are the only one in it, eventually you will be. Atrocities happen when the people about you - start considering you surplus. "I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion" ---- Thomas Jefferson My Grandfather told me there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to be in the first group - there is less competition there. - Indira Gandhi http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/~index.htm ICQ 14484977 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om