"The base money has priority over the health of the people" - Redacon

Assembly to Poiatica to insist on the immediate closure of the landfill Poiatica “as opposed to the current administration Carpineti, that it would accept a condition of the sixth batch to give only biostabilised from the TMB”

Public Meeting convened by the committees and ecologically Stop the Landfill very well attended, about 250 people at Dovecote Carpineti in the afternoon of Saturday, February 22. In the air you could feel the concern of the people and a strong desire to continue in the struggle for the immediate closure of the landfill Poiatica.

Opening speech of Mr. Raymond Zanelli, concerned about the health effects, complains that the base money has priority over the right to life of the people. Illustrated regional waste management plan, which still provides activities Poiatica until 2020; exposed inconsistencies in the plan and concerns that the facility will be used for the disposal of waste incinerators , in addition to biostabilised. Focus on health, many substances produced by the landfill are geno-toxic and carcinogenic, and although it has not yet demonstrated the direct link between cause and effect, what should prevail is the principle precaution (Article 301 Legislative Decree 152/06) and the protection of health. The Participants shall require studies focused on the population adjacent to the landfill, carried out by universities or third parties. concerns the adequacy of the site Poiatica: hydrogeological, proximity to the river Secchia (already overflows in the ’60s), protection of the landscape and of agro-food products.

has been made a report on the activities of the Committee of the City of landfill Carpineti were requested assurances to the representatives of the health care institutions, but have not been denied to our concerns. Reaffirmed concerns about the artifact box inside the landfill, for which it was made by the committees a report to the prosecutor in Reggio Emilia about the continuing maintenance work overtime the last two years. Debated the question radiation, which is illustrated by the engineer Davoli. It tells of his visit to the landfill, during which he detected an increase in radioactivity of the site Poiatica, than outside. It also complains that the management of the landfill by Iren, in addition to contracts awarded to companies from their non-transparent and questionable. Remember, also, the various checks carried out by the State Forestry Corps, which have detected irregularities punished with administrative sanctions that Iren pay no appeals. Aldrovandi also spoke Gialfranco to talk about the landfill Novellara and how epidemiological studies conducted have yielded results concern. Intervention also Ottavio Tarabelloni, which urges citizens to take more responsible practices in daily production of household waste, on the line of Zero Waste.

In summary committees intend to continue in the battle, with the on-line petition on change.org addressed to Vasco Errani, and are preparing a demonstration right in front of the palaces of the region in Bologna request to revise the regional plan for waste management. Also present in writing to the Region, in good time, his views on the necessary immediate closure of the fifth lot, “as opposed to the current administration Carpineti, that it would accept a condition of the sixth batch to give only biostabilised from the TMB.”

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