Day Out With Bayer

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Charmian (Love) and I flew to Cologne yesterday, ahead of meetings and a dinner at Bayer, Leverkusen. Among those we met was Patrick Thomas, who I last worked with when he was at ICI Polyurethanes. The last time I was in Leverkusen was in 1983, I think, when Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth invited me to serve as an independent member of a 3-person group touring Bayer’s operations at the invitation of Dr Eberhart Weise, after Bayer had successfully won an injunction against Greenpeace after the group had blockaded the chemical company because of acid dumping at sea, though Bayer were quick to point out that they had shifted to this option, which offered higher dilution rates, while some competitors still discharged acid wastes direct into the Rhine.

Japanese Garden, Leverkusen, 1 Japanese Garden, 2 Calm Shadows Balloon over Leverkusen Charmian, technically Mrs Gray, with Dorian