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worsens the health of our ocean and to be affected this year are mainly the coasts of Campania, Lazio, Puglia and Calabria. Defendant number one is the ‘maladepurazione’: 130 samples results polluted by the presence of non-purified sewage, one every 57 km of coastline

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Rome, August 14, 2013

Into worsens the health of our ocean and to be affected this year are mainly the coasts of Campania, Lazio, Puglia and Calabria. Defendant number one is the ‘maladepurazione’: 130 samples results polluted by the presence of non-purified sewage – one every 57 km of coastline – the total of 263 microbiological analyzes from the mobile laboratory of Green Schooner, historic campaign of Legambiente, in this ‘summer 2013. A given increase compared to 2012, when it was polluted result 1 point for every 62km.

Into No practice was polluted almost 50% of the monitored points along the 7412.6 km of coastline from the boat touched environmentalist in two months. Well beyond the limits of the law 104 points, or 80%, who had an opinion of ‘heavily polluted’, ie with concentration of bacteria of faecal origin at least twice as much as possible. Are the” killer” of Italian seas and coasts: in addition to ‘maladepurazioneR 17;, oil extraction, illegal, coastal land use, land reclamation from large ships and military activities. Accused still the mouths of rivers, streams and canals, where it was detected 90% of the critical points. In addition to harm or insult is ready, says Legambiente in the South you may lose € 1.7 billion of CIPE funds for the construction and adjustment of systems that are due to expire in December.