ATTEMPTS to find out whether poisonous chemicals which could be a threat to public health have contaminated the Fletcher’s Mill site have been met with a wall of silence.
THE legacy of one of Saddleworth’s biggest employers has been further tarnished with a former employee claiming his hearing has been permanently damaged.
CHLORINE gas – which was part of the production process at Fletcher’s Mill – was used as a weapon by the Germans during the First World War. On April 22, 1915, they opened the valves on 5,700 canisters near the Belgium town of Ypres. The gas blew over the British and French trenches...
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