Following repeated complaints about cement dust pollution and the health toll it was taking on residents at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an investigation into the ready-mix concrete operations of Forrester’s Concrete.
“The dust is terrible and like it has given me sinus and breathing problems,“ 65-year-old Sita Foo told Sunday Stabroek from her home as she pointed to areas that have to be swept and sprinkled with water everyday so as to keep the cement residue from spreading.
