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johnallcock
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Chemical Pollution at Kam Tin 錦田有化學污染
« on: Nov 19th, 2004, 11:19am » |
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I discovered this morning an incident of chemical pollution at Kam Tin: what appears to be oil has been dumped so that it has spilled into a stream.
In total 127(!) barrels were found - it is not known how much oil was spilled but it is visible in an area of standing water and on vegetation in the stream, even several hundred metres upstream (presumably carried here by the high tide).
The area is very important ecologically and was recently visited by many HK birdwatchers because the recent Hume's Leaf Warbler was on the opposite bank of the stream.
Greater Painted-snipe, Common Snipe and Pintail/Swinhoes Snipe were all seen in the stream bed today. Greater Painted-snipe is thought to have bred this year in a marshy area which is now very heavily polluted; this is certainly an important location for the species at Kam Tin.
The area is also regularly visited by Yellow-billed Grosbeak and large flocks of starlings.
The incident was reported to EPD this morning for action.
今天早上發現有人在錦田棄置了127桶化學品，似乎是一些油料。我們不知道漏出了多少，但一條小溪和其旁邊的植物已經沾了油污，連上游數百米處都有（可能是被潮水沖到那裡）。
當地是一個重要的生境，在小溪的對岸最近就有淡眉柳鶯，曾引來了不少鳥友。今 天河床上還有彩鷸、田鷸和針尾／扇尾沙錐。我們相信彩鷸今年曾在其中一片沼澤 繁殖，但那地方現在已經被嚴重污染了。
除此之外，當地還時常見到黑尾蠟嘴雀和聯群結隊的椋鳥。
今早我們已將事件向環保署報告，以便當局跟進。
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Re: Chemical Pollution at Kam Tin 錦田有化學污染
« Reply #1 on: Nov 19th, 2004, 1:23pm » |
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If it happened to some other city in OZ, will be a news headlines tommorrow. dunno about HK. will the media take it serious...?
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Re: Chemical Pollution at Kam Tin 錦田有化學污染
« Reply #2 on: Nov 19th, 2004, 11:16pm » |
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on Nov 19th, 2004, 1:23pm, 深藍 Owen wrote:
If it happened to some other city in OZ, will be a news headlines tommorrow. dunno about HK. will the media take it serious...? |
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Re: Chemical Pollution at Kam Tin 錦田有化學污染
« Reply #3 on: Nov 20th, 2004, 1:48am » |
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EPD 搵左人黎清d油桶未??
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Re: Chemical Pollution at Kam Tin 錦田有化學污染
« Reply #4 on: Nov 23rd, 2004, 2:44pm » |
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I received a phone call yesterday from EPD to say that they had visited the site of the pollution last Friday (the same day that I reported it!) They believe they have discovered who was responsible and will hopefully be able to prosecute.
The moral I think is that if you discover any similar cases, be sure to report it (EPD have a hotline number on their website). The more prosecutions that take place, the less likely people are to carry out illegal dumping, so the environment will be better protected.
昨天收到環保署的電話，說上週五已經到過污染現場視察（就在我舉報的同一日！），而且相信已經找到製造污染的人，有機會成功檢控。
這是一個很好的案例：如果大家發現同類事件，一定要向當局舉報（環保署的網頁 登有 投訴熱線 ）。愈多污染黑手被檢控，就愈少人敢隨意棄置廢料，環境就會得到更佳的保護。
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