Gibraltar: an ecological time bomb

As F24 and my title says, Gibraltar... is not at the heart of the problem on the report. It is in the Spanish areas. Whilst they are admittedly taking advantage of their close vicinity, the report doesn't tell of problems to Gibraltarian occupants.

Agree totally with the advocation for name change. Watching the video, I was like this cannot be GIb, this is inside la linea. These are talking place in La Linea de La Concepcion. I lived there for almost a year and recognized all those place. Gibraltar is the British territory across the border who has English as its language, though a lot of them do understand Spanish.France 24 does need to change it. The Spaniards won´t be too happy with calling their property la linea. They would quite want it to be the other way around. You know calling GIbraltar, Spain.

While bunkering in Gibraltar territorial waters does present a daily threat of spillage and environmental damage, it is controlled and patrolled on a daily basis by anti-pollution vessels from Gibraltar. Whilst the main pollution both aerial and in the sea comes from the refinery on the other side of the frontier, in Spain! Although the documentary is fair and informative, the geography is totally wrong, which is a shame as so often is with journalists wanting to make a name for themselves! British Gibraltar is not part of the Campo de Gibraltar, where the refinery is located, therefore I kindly ask you to change the name of this documentary.

Hi, A very good report but could you please change the title. The "Campo de Gibraltar" is in danger.

As a Gibraltarian i totally agree with the amount of pollution in the area espsically in such a small place the amount of people with cancer is not normal. However, although Gibraltar does have a part to play, it is mainly Spain that has the problem with the plants and factories across the bay from Gibraltar. i have to say that the title of this documentary should be changed to Campo de Gibraltar, as calling it that rather than the current title ensures it 'blames' everyone involved not just Gibraltar. A lot of this is politics and it has been goin on for more that 300 hundred years since Gibraltar became a british colony. it is rumoured that Fanco placed the acerinox plant where it is to slowly kill out the gibraltarian people. but obviously that will never be revealed.
Gibraltar is a very small place to be blamed for this'time bomb'.

A pretty fair and balanced documentary. My congratulations.