voda schreef op 8 maart 2017 20:45:
Nog even een bericht van mij van 20 september 2016!
Ilva steel plant blamed for spike in child cancer cases in Taranto
The Local reported that a report into cancer rates in the region shows the rate of cancer among children in Taranto, southern Italy - home to the Ilva steel plant - is 30 percent higher than the national average. The most alarming figures relate to the city of Taranto, where a high concentration of factories, including the Ilva site, has had a negative impact on the local air quality. Cancer of the lungs or bronchus was the most common variety.
As well as the elevated risk of tumours, children under 14 living close to the polluting Ilva plant are three times more likely than their peers to suffer from asthma or respiratory problems.
Airtum (the Italian Association of Cancer Registries) analysed data from between 2006 and 2011 to create the report, which was made public on Saturday.
The latest figures confirm earlier data from June which showed high rates of lung cancer, and also raised concerns over the adequacy of the local health system; the lack of a specialist pulmonology department in Taranto's main hospital, for example.
Taranto's local governor Michele Emiliano has repeatedly called on Matteo Renzi's government to do more to guarantee the health of Apulian residents, while the city's mayor Ippazio Stefàno, who is a doctor, said in June that residents were not kept informed of the risk to their health, which led to widespread anxiety. He said "We want to know the real levels of emissions in order to protect public health. Italian standards are respected here, but European and international standards are much more stringent.”
The Ilva site in Taranto, which provides work for around 16,000 people, has been under special administration since 2013 after the the Riva family who ran the site were accused of failing to prevent toxic emissions including carcinogenic particles from spewing out across the town.
Source : The Local
Zie verder, de ILVA draad. Nogmaals, ik vind het een uitermate slecht idee, en ben zelfs bereid om vanwege het mogelijke overname feit alles weg te doen.
Duidelijker kan ik niet zijn.