The Swiss chemical companies Novartis International, Ciba SC and Syngenta International are nominated for a Public Eye Award in the environment category for their irresponsible practices in handling toxic waste. Greenpeace Switzerland suspects that chemical waste that accrued during the high times of chlorine chemistry in the 1950s and 60s, including highly toxic dioxin and dioxin products, still lies in unsecured hazardous waste sites which threaten human life and the environment. Greenpeace demands that Novartis, Ciba SC and Syngenta fully cleanup contaminated dumpsites according to the highest international standards.