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Letter: Letters : . . . . .

Published 7 February 1998

From Helmut Tholen

Hamburg

Crematoriums in Germany must be equipped with filters to remove dioxins. But
not all crematoriums have been able to afford the expensive equipment needed, so
we now have corpses being ferried round the country, and the ashes being
transported back. Mix-ups have occurred.

Issue no. 2120 published 7 February 1998

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