Has the Coroner requested the evidence discovered by Professor Machel and Richard Goddard?
Hans G. Machel, born and raised in Germany, has been a professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta in Canada since 1987. His research involves carbonate and evaporite rocks, petroleum geology, and low-temperature geochemistry. A part of his work is on cave systems. He has published more than 100 technical papers on various subjects and received several awards for his scientific work. Prof. Machel first came to Barbados in 1989 and has visited the island about 25 times since. He has published a book on the geology of Barbados, and has run several field trips for university students and the general public. He is an avid opponent of the Greenland garbage dump site, and has explained its many perils on Barbadian television and radio, in the newspapers and on the Internet. Further Reading Barbados Free Press, October 9, 2010: Surprise Inquest called into Barbados Arch Cot cave deaths Barbados Free Press, May 17, 2009: Expert: Arch Cot Cave-In Victims May Have Be
