tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61493961882494766312024-03-06T02:55:57.237+00:00Frack Free Upton (Chester)A Gathering Place for all people who are against Fracking in our environment. We are located on Dutton's Lane, Upton, Chester. Also incorporating Frack Free Mickle Trafford.
All those who are against Unconventional Gas Extraction are welcomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-84508612318725195122014-08-16T23:44:00.002+01:002014-08-16T23:44:45.828+01:00Human health hazards of certain substances used in fracking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Human health</span> <span class="hps">hazards</span> <span class="hps">of certain substances</span> <span class="hps">used in</span> <span class="hps">fracking</span></span></h2>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Judging</span> <span class="hps">by the results of</span> <span class="hps">a new study,</span> <span class="hps">many</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">the chemicals used</span> <span class="hps">in hydraulic fracturing</span><span class="">, a technology</span> <span class="hps">popularly known as</span> <span class="hps">fracking</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">harm not</span> <span class="hps">only</span> <span class="hps">the reproductive</span> <span class="hps">hormones in the human</span> <span class="hps">body but also</span> <span class="hps">the glucocorticoid</span> <span class="hps">and thyroid hormones</span>, which are essential <span class="hps">to maintain good</span> <span class="hps">health.</span> <span class="hps">Other recent research</span> <span class="hps">indicates</span> <span class="hps">that the chemical composition</span> <span class="hps">of wastewater</span> <span class="hps">generated</span> <span class="hps">by</span> <span class="hps">fracking</span> <span class="hps">could</span> <span class="hps">cause the release</span> <span class="hps">of tiny</span> <span class="hps">particles in</span> <span class="hps">lands that</span> <span class="hps">often strongly</span> <span class="hps">various heavy</span> <span class="hps">metals and</span> <span class="hps">pollutants</span> <span class="hps">are linked</span>. <span class="hps">Such a release</span> <span class="hps">would exacerbate</span> <span class="hps">environmental risks</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">accidental discharges.</span> </span><br>
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Many thanks to all those who came to protest peacefully outside and attend the Upton Parish Council meeting earlier this week.</div>
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in case you haven't seen the local press yet, attached is a photo of
the protest and below are more details of the discussion at the meeting:</div>
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Your Rights after Arrest</h2>
<i>This is taken from the Barton Moss Community page</i><br>
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<span class="userContent">If you have been arrested on the Moss please
read. This thing GMP and the CPS have been doing and getting away with -
it looks like we have found the correct and simple legal remedy ... <br> .... the one where they make an arbitrary arrest abou<span class="text_exposed_show">t
an imagined offence, then press totally baseless charges, and then
leave them standing for months, before 'discontinuing' the proceedings a
few days before a trial has been scheduled , which effectively leaves
the baseless charges 'suspended', either forever , or worse, until it
suited them to make use of them somehow.</span></span></div>
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To submit comments on Cheshire West & Chester Local Plan Part 2</h3>
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<b>1.</b> Go to the CW&C website at <a href="http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/">http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk</a><br>
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<b>2.</b> Click on the tab marked <b>consultation</b> (bottom right quadrant of the screen)<br>
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<b>3.</b> Click to <b>See all consultations</b>, then from the list displayed select <b>Local Plan</b><br>
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<b>4.</b> Under the heading <b>Local Plan (Part Two) Land Allocations and Detailed Policies</b>… click on the link to the <b>Consultation Portal</b><br>
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<b>5.</b> At this point you can view submissions already made by following the link <b>Who Said What?</b> (top right quadrant of the screen)<br>
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Simple interactive animation explaining fracking</h2>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-85131153007276926242014-06-02T21:19:00.003+01:002014-06-17T00:04:00.699+01:00Links of interest<h2>
Links of interest</h2>
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<dt><a href="http://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/mortgage-solutions/news/2276883/fracking-risks-reducing-house-prices-by-30" icon="data:image/png;base64,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" target="_blank">Fracking risks reducing house prices by 30%</a>
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<dd>North West homeowners could see the value of their property
drop by 30% if the government continues to push fracking, a surveyor has
warned.,Housing Market ,buy to let,surveyors ,chartered
surveyors,North West,coalition,Richard Sexton,United States
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<dt><a href="http://www.propertytribes.com/impact-shale-fracking-on-property-prices-t-8828.html" icon="data:image/png;base64,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" target="_blank">Impact of shale fracking on property prices in the U.K.</a>
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<dd>The increase of shale fracking in the U.K. is causing concern
for environmentalists and NIMBY's, but should property investors also be
concerned?
MSN reported only yesterday that, in the U.S., mortgage lenders are
becoming more cautious about approving loans for properties near
fracking sites.<br>
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I REALLY wanted that job</h2>
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I`m not an environmentalist, eco-warrior, left winger or Green Party member.<br>
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I`m a very well informed and ordinary concerned citizen using knowledge and wisdom for the benefit of future generations.<br>
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I`m also an ex North Sea drill crew worker with several years experience in the industry.<br>
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I`m the page creator of N.E. Wales Anti-Fracking Action Network
(NEWAFAN) based in Borras, Wrexham, North East Wales, where I`ve lived
for the last 20 years.<br>
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I created the facebook page to not only let
local residents know about the new planning application that was lodged
on the 20`Th September with WCBC by GP Energy who propose to drill an
exploration well to test for gas content within the coal seams below the
Borras Head area of Wrexham, but also to try and PROPERLY inform people
about the impacts and implications that surround exploitation of
unconventional gas resources should this planning and future
applications be approved.<br>
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Shell's Infobubble</h2>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-82167514792256793652014-05-18T16:30:00.000+01:002014-05-18T16:33:06.047+01:00England's oldest Fracktivist!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Merchant of Chester, England's oldest Fracktivist, celebrated her 92nd birthday last week and sends thanks to Frack
Free Mickle Trafford for sponsoring her Birthday cake.</span></span></div>
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Also, thanks are extended to the very talented
Gill Osborne of <a href="http://www.scrummysomethings.com/" target="_blank">Scrummy Somethings, Chester</a>, who baked and decorated the cake. Contact number </span></span>01244 303298</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-5064744953378306802014-05-17T17:38:00.002+01:002014-05-17T17:38:19.495+01:00Upton & Mickle Trafford borehole & Aquifer Overlap Zones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-57397826331621985242014-05-15T21:41:00.003+01:002014-05-15T21:51:57.780+01:00Euro Candidates Guide<br>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">So...Where do they all stand on Unconventional Gas?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="bgcolor: olivedrab;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">Thursday 22nd may 2014</span></span></b></u></span></div>
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'First they came' - attributed to pastor Martin Niemöller</h3>
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"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.</div>
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Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.</div>
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Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.</div>
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Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me"</div>
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<b>So, what are you waiting for? </b></h3>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-25584742997692449352014-05-10T15:38:00.002+01:002014-05-10T16:10:04.380+01:00UK Shale Gas World Conference Censored<h2 class="title">
UK Shale Gas World Conference Censored </h2>
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Following a question set to Councillor Mike Jones on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijE1HWGPAA&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Dee 106.3</a>, regarding the impartiality of CWaC Councillor Andrew Dawson, the YouTube video of Cllr Dawson addressing the <a href="http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/shale-gas-europe/index.stm" target="_blank">UK Shale Gas World</a> conference in 2013 has been removed from public view. </div>
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During his presentation last year, Cllr Andrew Dawson, Frodsham’s councillor, told Francis Egan (Cuadrilla Resources) and Andrew Austin (iGas): “I hear you and I despair. We need you to be very good neighbours. We need you to go beyond bus shelters.” <a href="http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/06/25/exclusive-communities-could-be-cheated-of-shale-gas-compensa" target="_blank">(read more here)</a></div>
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Objection Guide to Coal Bed Methane drilling and exploration at Dutton’s Lane, Upton</h4>
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<i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">BACKGROUND</span></span></i></h2>
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<li>Planning permission has already been granted for exploratory drilling but the application did not pass through any local consultation committees and was granted by ‘delegated powers’, ie - The CW&C Chief Planning Officer. </li>
<li>Prior to the permission being granted, no meetings were arranged between Dart Energy and the local residents to explain the immediate impacts of the drilling and the possible long term consequences.</li></ul><a href="https://frackfreeupton.blogspot.com/2014/05/guide-to-objecting.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6149396188249476631.post-89109529247329186012014-05-06T21:03:00.003+01:002014-05-06T21:03:26.544+01:00Dart Energy - The Road to Disaster<h3>
Dart Energy - The Road to Disaster</h3>
<br><b>July 22, 2010</b> - Australia’s newest coal seam gas listing Dart Energy makes its market debut today, but analysts are fearful that the new company may struggle to retain support in its early days.<br><br>
<b>February 28, 2011</b> - Dart Energy will acquire the 90 per cent of Composite Energy it does not already own for $US46.7 million via the issue of 35.9 million shares.<br>
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<br><b>April 19, 2011</b> - Global coal seam gas play Dart Energy is borrowing from shareholders for $100 million in a bigger-than-expected equity raising to tide it through until it can declare commercial reserves and start up early production.<br><br><b>November 30, 2011</b> - Coal seam gas explorer Dart Energy has narrowly avoided incurring a “strike” over executive pay after major shareholders objected to options for directors.<br><br><b>December 23, 2011</b> - Dart Energy has restructured its UK and Chinese interests, boosting control over assets but meaning it will also wear more of the financial burden of development.<br><br><b>December 28, 2011</b> - Junior gas explorer Dart Energy has agreed to acquire all of the unconventional gas assets of UK-based coal bed methane explorer Greenpark Energy for $42 million.<br>
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CWaC meeting 31st April 2014</h3>
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At last evening’s CWaC meeting we asked the executive the following question relating to unconventional gas exploration –</div>
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Will the proposed cross party working group discussion be open to the
public and lead to a full and open public consultation before a strategy
is agreed and that in the meantime all planning and other approvals
relating to such developments relating to unconventional gas exploration
and extraction are put on hold and the current draft local plan be
amended to accommodate this exercise?</div>
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What is Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)?</h3>
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Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
is a process for exploiting coal that cannot be mined because the seams
are too deep, thin or fractured.</div>
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The process involves using the same
sort of drilling technology usually used for fracking to get air/oxygen
into the coal seam and then set the seam on fire. By controlling the
amount of oxygen injected it is then possible to only partially burn the
coal and bring the gases produced to the surface where they can be
burned to produce energy.</div>
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A witches brew of toxic and carcinogenic coal
tars are produced in the burn cavity.</div>
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What is Shale Gas?<br>
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Shale Gas is methane (natural gas) which is trapped in
impermeable shale rock deep underground, unlike conventional natural gas
which is in permeable rocks, such as sandstone.</div>
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The gas cannot flow
through the shale, so simply drilling a well, as you would for
conventional natural gas, is not enough.</div>
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The shale rock must be cracked
to free the gas, hence the need for hydraulic fracturing (fracking). For
the same reason it is necessary to drill large numbers of wells at
regular intervals. To produce as much gas as a conventional gas field
with a dozen or so wells, would require hundreds or thousands of shale
gas wells.</div>
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Because of the much more intense nature of the shale gas extraction
process it is associated with much more negative impacts than
conventional drilling. <br>
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Coal Bed Methane
is methane (natural gas) trapped in coal seams underground. To extract
the gas, after drilling into the seam, it is necessary to pump large
amounts of water out of the coal seam to lower the pressure.</div>
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also necessary to frack the seam to extract the gas.</div>
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There are a
similar catalogue of negative environmental and social effects as with
Shale Gas. This includes methane migration, toxic water contamination,
air pollution, increased carbon emissions and a general
industrialisation of the countryside.</div>
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Impacts that are specific to CBM
include depletion of the water table and potentially subsidence.</div>
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We, the people, can resist the Fracking movement</h3>
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In south-eastern Poland, Grabowiec County, Chevron's first fracking stop was Rogów, a small 106 person farming community.</div>
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The villagers signed agreements with Chevron's subcontractor to conduct seismic testing on the land they owned. Machinery arrived on the fields, walls cracked and well water turned black. Outraged, all further work was brought to a halt by the villagers.</div>
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A Quick Guide to doing your own Research</h3>
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Aim to find out everything you can about the technology, economics and
everyone involved; the companies, investors, the directors and
executives and the advocates.<br>
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Company names:</h4>
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• Cuadrilla Resources<br>
• Dart<br>
• iGas<br>
• Cluff Natural Resources<br>
• Reach CSG<br>
• Nexen Exploration UK<br>
• UK Methane<br>
• Coastal Oil and Gas Limited<br>
• Eden Energy<br>
• Archaean Energy UK<br>
• Dart (Alkaine, Composite Energy, Greenpark Energy)<br>
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Seismic Surveys: The Fracking Spearhead</h3>
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The renewed efforts by fracking companies to kick start unconventional oil and gas extraction in the UK is not confined just to drilling exploration wells.
In fact, for large parts of the country residents most likely first
contact with the frackers will be in the form of seismic surveys. In
recent months a rash of plans for such surveys has begun to emerge, with
many more likely to follow. With shale and coal formations under large
parts of the UK, fracking companies need some idea of where best to
drill and seismic data is often their first port of call.</div>
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<a href="http://frack-off.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Survey-Vehicles8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://frack-off.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Survey-Vehicles8.jpg" height="141" width="320"></a>Leading UK fracker IGas Energy, backed by money from french oil giant Total, has already completed a 3D survey in a 68 square kilometre area of South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire around Bawtry. IGas have announced their intention</div>
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<u><b>List of Chemicals used in Fracking, purpose and function</b></u></h3>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; height: 25.5pt; vertical-align: top; width: 111pt;">Hydrochloric Acid</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 59pt;">007647-01-0</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 223pt;">Helps dissolve minerals and initiate cracks in the rock</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 91pt;">Acid</td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 59pt;">000111-30-8</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 223pt;">Eliminates bacteria in the water that produces corrosive by-products</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 91pt;">Biocide</td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; height: 25.5pt; vertical-align: top; width: 111pt;">Quaternary Ammonium Chloride</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 59pt;">012125-02-9</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 223pt;">Eliminates bacteria in the water that produces corrosive by-products</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 91pt;">Biocide</td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; height: 25.5pt; vertical-align: top; width: 111pt;">Quaternary Ammonium Chloride</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 59pt;">061789-71-1</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 223pt;">Eliminates bacteria in the water that produces corrosive by-products</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 91pt;">Biocide</td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; height: 25.5pt; vertical-align: top; width: 111pt;">Tetrakis Hydroxymethyl-Phosphonium Sulfate</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 59pt;">055566-30-8</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 223pt;">Eliminates bacteria in the water that produces corrosive by-products</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: top; width: 91pt;">Biocide<br>
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Here you will find all the <a href="http://pa.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=externalDocuments&keyVal=MV2S9OTEFXJ00" target="_blank">Full and original planning Docs</a><br />
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