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...Pronounced mur-ka-tee-den...
...struck an agreement with a newly created Belgian disposal company named Vebeka. Elias got a seat on the company board and Vebeka got a license to dump wastes in the cavernous old factory; the town would get 55? per ton of the lethal garbage. Vebeka Chief Adrianus Van den Bogert, a Dutch citizen, told the villagers: "There isn't any danger at all, believe me. I have experience in these things...
Lethal Chemicals. Nonetheless, fearful Hannêche authorities refused to renew Vebeka's license, so Vebeka went out looking for new dumping grounds. "I had to do something," says Van den Bogert. "Several big transports were on their way: twelve tons from West Germany, 18 tons from Switzerland, 20 tons from Sweden." So he joined with another Belgian firm and made new arrangements. In Hasselt, for example, he left 50 tons of lethal chemicals in a shed just 100 yards from the Albert Canal, which supplies Antwerp with its drinking water...
Belgium has plenty of laws designed to protect citizens from buying toxic products but none to control the disposal of toxic wastes. Van den Bogert and other entrepreneurs openly and legally took advantage of the situation to turn Belgium into Europe's dump. Belgium even made a profit from all the business-confirmation of Premier Gaston Eyskens' maxim that "prosperity is more important than the quality of life...
...Navajo blanket-mostly in the form of machine-made imitations-has long been a popular product for the tourist trade. Brightly colored, durable, it will serve to cover a grand piano or enliven a teen-ager's den. Only in recent years has it become apparent that the Navajos are a tribe of unusual vitality, and that the blankets they made during the 19th century express a remarkable artistic spirit...