P736 CEEFAX 736 Sun 15 May 23:50/93 ] 1/4 AD POLLUT O UBLES I T RCT C Over the last 40 =ear; lt1d pollution has doubled in Antarctic, scientists have claimed. $hj amount of lead found in snow was very 3mall - less than iu round in British tap water. Mmst of the lead came f5om o4t3idu the area, claims the British "5 Antarctic Survey, not from human U $5 activity inside the Antarctic. "5 By digging pits in the snow, scientists were able to compile a record of snow that had fallen over the past 70 years. Nat Trust Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Sun 15 May 23:50/39 2/4 /. /. /, /,$ jj*:jjjjzjjjjjj055 5USSIANS DETBI GRJENPEA E SHIP guards in Vladivostok. The ship was on its way to inspect lumber camps in far-eastern Russia. U Greenpeace suspects the Svelo9e destroying a unique part of forest - the Us3uri Taiga. %5 U Russian f5ontier guards have the 3hip that the crew would bu 1vlouud into Russian waters but the 55 passjngjrs on board are violating Russian frontier laws. Nat Trust H Cmnt9Info ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Sun 15 May 23:54/21 ] 9/4 GOLF COURSE THREATENS PIkE FOREST Environmentalists are to fight a proposed golf course site in U California. 65 The company, owners of thu famous Pebble Beach golf course, plan to remove up to 57,000 trees, including 18,000 Monterjy pines. Montjrey pine tree forests once dominated the Californian landscape, now only three remain. The trees have recently been listed as an endangered species by the California Native Plant Society. $upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Read Hear 710 Community 720 Nat Trust Read Hear Cmnt9Jnfn ReligionP736 CEEFAX 736 Sun 15 May 23:59/47 ] 4/4 W BRITISH cEcClES STILL GcILING 6ESTS Beaches in England and Wales 1re still failing to meet EC wate5 quality standards, claims a report by the National Rjvjrs Authority. The quality of water in favo=rite resorts such as Black8oom ku Great Yarmouth could remain below standard until clean-up schemer 1rd completed next year. $u But gut kf the 419 bathhn£ watdr2 which were tested only 9% had consistently failed over three 6u years. Read Hear 710 Index 730 5 Community 720 Religion 740 Nat Trust H CmntyInfo