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Good Governance Alliance and Chemistry Syndicate discuss chemical materials
The article discussed a conference organized by the Lebanese Alliance for Good Governance and the Chemists' Syndicate regarding the fate of chemical materials transported from the Dour and Jiyah plants to Zahle and Bousrieh. The focus was on the health and environmental risks resulting from mismanagement and legal manipulations in handling these materials. Speakers pointed out that the chemicals, which had been stored for years at the Lebanese Electricity Company, were intended to be shipped abroad according to signed agreements. However, the shipping process was delayed and instead led to unlicensed local processing, representing an environmental and health scandal—especially in light of reports of pollution and rising cancer rates in Lebanon. They called for strict legal measures to ensure safe and transparent disposal and warned of the absence of a proper infrastructure for managing hazardous waste domestically. They emphasized the need for judicial intervention and the pursuit of those who authorized illegal permits, noting the lack of licensed facilities for treating chemical waste in Lebanon.
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