Camelford
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ N , 4 ° 41 ′ W
Camelford ( Cornish : Ryskammel ) is a town in the former North Cornwall district in the county of Cornwall in England with 2256 inhabitants.
In 1988 one of the worst drinking water pollution in the history of Great Britain occurred here, with highly caustic chemicals entering the water supply. The aluminum sulphate content of the water subsequently exceeded the permissible limit values by 5000 times. After the accident, numerous residents complained of ulcers, rashes and memory problems, among other things. A death in 2006 intensified a debate about the long-term effects of the accident.
Camelford is the birthplace of the naval officer Samuel Wallis (1728–1795), who is considered to be the discoverer of Tahiti .
Web links
- Camelford Town Council official website
- Camelford Parish - Local Area Report . Statistical data based on the census on the site of the 2011 Office for National Statistics (English)
- Camelford Parish in the database of the Ordnance Survey (English)
- Camelford, Cornwall at visionofbritain.org (English)
- The parish of Lanteglos by Camelford near OPC-Cornwall (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Poisoned: The Camelford scandal. The Independent , April 16, 2006; archived from the original on August 6, 2011 ; accessed on March 30, 2011 (English).