St. Maarten Private Eye

Budget sells tin based paints that are banned in the US.

I suppose he will argue that in the NA there are no laws as yet and if he didn't sell them too the Island Water World would get the business. Lame excuse of course, coming from someone who cares about the Lagoon so much.

Now, does anyone know if IWW sells these paints too?

Not only that, but according to this SXM Pride and Ocean Care letter on anti fouling paints sent to the media today, even the copper ones Robbie claims are ok, are banned in some European countries.

Read more about it here

The foundations bring up the very important fact that at present there are absolutely NO facilites on the island or at the dump in town, to process used toxic chemicals, paints or even batteries. Again, we come back to governmental failure to put those facilites in place. All those chemicals that have been dumped in the Salt Pond will be coming back to haunt our children.

LH