This police action against Greenpeace is totally unwarranted and too heavy-handed. We will not allow these measures to interfere with our right to peacefully protest against damaging the environment. Japanese police remove Greenpeace property from the Rainbow Warrior. The international environmental group emphasized that the action it carried out was intended to highlight both local and global environmental and health implications of burning waste - particularly in areas where the incinerators are located. Japan has the highest levels of dioxin emissions in the world today, as a consequence of having more waste incinerators than any other country in the world.
Dioxins are toxic substances created during the incineration process.
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