Some reassurance at last (From Haringey Independent)

Some reassurance at last

8:42am Tuesday 24th July 2007

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Finally the residents of Osier Crescent Muswell Hill have reassurance that the house of murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko does not pose a health risk to neighbours.

Since he was poisoned last November by radioactive Polonium 210, no one has known the effects on his former home and those surrounding it.

Yet it took months for Haringey Council to concede that they would pay for the £15,000 survey, and whether you agree or not that tax payers' money should have been used to fund the exercise it shouldn't have taken this long to get some answers.

The report also confirmed that there is some remediation work needed to the property, and it is important that this doesn't drag out any longer than it needs to. With the property closed until further notice there should be no delay.

Either the owner Boris Berezovsky or the council should sort this out as a matter of urgency, so that the people of Osier Crescent can get on with their lives and put this sorry mess behind them once and for all.