P736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 13 May 21:15/43 1/4 I LEAD POLLUTION DOUBLES IN ANTARCTIC Over the last 40 years lead pollution has doubled in Antarctic, scientists have claimed. The amount of lead found in snow was very small - less than is found in British tap water. Most of the lead came from outside the area, claims the British Antarctic Survey, not from human acti6ity inside the Antarctia. By digging pits in the snow, scientists were able to compile a record of snow that had fallen o6jr 55 the past 70 years. Nat Trust Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 13 May 21:15/24 ] 2/4 RUSSIANS DETAIN GREENPEACE SHIP A ship belonging to Greenpeace has been detained by Russian frontier guards in Vladivostok. The ship was on its way to inspect lumber camps in far-eastern Russia. Greenpeace suspects the S6elo9e camp of felling trees and destroying a unique part of forest - the Ussuri Tbiga. Russian frontier guards have the ship that the crew would bj allowed into Russian waters but the passengers on board are violating Russian frontier laws. Nat Trust Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 13 May 21:14/18 3/4 GOLF COURSE THREATENS PINE FOREST Environmentalists are to fight a proposed golf course site in California. $he company, owners of the famous Pebble Beach golf course, plan to remove up to 57,000 trees, including 18,000 Monterjy pines. Monterey pine tree forests once dominated the Californian landscape, now only three remain. The trees have recently been listed as an endangered species bz the California Native Plant Society. Read Hear 710 Community 720 Nat Trust Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Fri 13 May 21:23/57 4/4 BRITISH BEACHES STILL FcILING TESTS Beaches in England and Wales are still failing to meet EC water quality standards, claims a report bz the National Rivers Authority. $hj quality of water in favourite resorts such as Blackpool or Great Yarmouth could remain below standard until clean-up schemer 1rj completed next year. But out of the 419 bathing waters which were tested only 9% had consistently failed o6ju three years. Read Hear 710 Index 730 Community 720 Religion 740 Nat Trust Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion