Hi Keith,
Rene Ledesma (and photo) are in Listin today:
http://www.listin.com.do/cuerpos/dinero/din4.htm
Says no heavy metals in "rokash".
Hi Glow,
Your remarks led me to the question: could this stuff be destined to end up in the new Samana Airport runway ? In that case there would be an acceptable explanation for the shipments: "demand pull" instead of "disposal push"
Gruezi Torchel,
Your item 1.: Great idea to test a sample in Basel! Please let us know what they find. What are you going to ask them to look for? You will probably have to give them indications. I had "polvillo" fly ash, collected on our terrace, tested at INDOTEC in Santo Domingo to prove it was from EGE-Haina and not from the nearby granular coal deposit, as the EGE-Haina people maintained. Without the pollution book from the World Bank I could not have told them what to test for. In the end INDOTEC proved it was EGE-Haina's stuff.
Your item 4.: This can only be guaranteed if you draw the samples with a notary present and send them out to the laboratory through the notary via FEDERAL EXPRESS.
Saludos Jay