Title: Titan Cement in Wadi al-Qamar convicted of causing environmental and health harm
Author: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Publisher: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Publishing Date: 25 March 2018
To access this press release, please follow this <a style="color: #f1c40f;" href="https://eipr.org/en/press/2018/03/titan-cement-wadi-al-qamar-convicted-causing-environmental-and-health-harm">link</a>
Description: This press release draws attention to the social harm of pollution at the local level near industrial edifices in Egypt. This document highlights the legal charges brought on the CEO of Alexandria Portland Cement, for failing to take necessary precautionary measures to prevent emissions, failure of proper disposal and production of hazardous materials, and through negligence and failure to comply with regulations, causing physical harm to the victims represented. The press release then expounds upon the legal difficulties to prove harm in such cases, as well as the need for technical and regulatory improvement to hold such industries accountable to their communities.

Title: Titan Cement in Wadi al-Qamar convicted of causing environmental and health harm
Author: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Publisher: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Publishing Date: 25 March 2018
To access this press release, please follow this <a style="color: #f1c40f;" href="https://eipr.org/en/press/2018/03/titan-cement-wadi-al-qamar-convicted-causing-environmental-and-health-harm">link</a>
Description: This press release draws attention to the social harm of pollution at the local level near industrial edifices in Egypt. This document highlights the legal charges brought on the CEO of Alexandria Portland Cement, for failing to take necessary precautionary measures to prevent emissions, failure of proper disposal and production of hazardous materials, and through negligence and failure to comply with regulations, causing physical harm to the victims represented. The press release then expounds upon the legal difficulties to prove harm in such cases, as well as the need for technical and regulatory improvement to hold such industries accountable to their communities.

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