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- 1978-1981 (Creation)
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Simon Dalby was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the University of Victoria, Canada (MA) and holds a PhD from Simon Fraser University of British Columbia, Canada. He was Professor of Geography, Environmental Studies and Political Economy at Carleton University in Ottawa until 2012, when he joined Wilfrid Laurier University’s Balsillie School of International Affairs as professor of Geography and Environmental Studies. His research interests include climate change, environmental security and geopolitics, on which topics he has published extensively.
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Press cuttings from the Cork Examiner, Hibernia, In Dublin, Irish Times, Sunday Independent and unidentified newspapers, relating to toxic waste. Topics include asbestos; radioactive waste; concerns over the Eli Lilly biopharmaceutical plant in Cork; toxic hazards of industry; transport of ammonia by rail and road through populated areas; toxic waste dumps; Nitrogen Éireann Teoranta (NET) fertilizer factories in Cork and Arklow; fish kill at Mitchelstown following the release of 5000 gallons of toxic waste into the Gradogue and Funcheon Rivers in 1980; and the discharge of domestic effluent from Midleton into Cork Harbour in 1980. In four folders.
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- English