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Managers ‘knew of dangers of toxic dump’

P(ANSA) – Rome, April 4 – Prosecutors told an Italian court Friday that managers at the now-defunct Montedison chemical company knew that acid in waste it dumped near the Adriatic city of Pescara could melt the cement containers it was … Continue reading

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Toxic dump poisons water of 700,000 people in central Italy

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-e4321320e2218d0602f55bb506eb14f7.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Toxic dump poisons water of 700,000 people in central Italy” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-e4321320e2218d0602f55bb506eb14f7.jpg” (ANSA) – Pescara, March 26 – Contaminated water has been distributed to roughly 700,000 people for years throughout a vast part of central … Continue reading

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Govt says 21.5 sq kms in ‘Land of Fires’ could be toxic

IMG class=hide alt=”Govt says 21.5 sq kms in ‘Land of Fires’ could be toxic” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-120e7de8a637900c50d4ca0e42f62df1.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 11 – Land to be checked for toxicity in the southern Campania region under an emergency law to stem environmental damage … Continue reading

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Italian MEPs ask EC to pay 600 mn for toxic waste clean up

(ANSA) Brussels, November 11 – MEP Erminia Mazzoni on Monday called on the European Commission to allocate 600 million euros to clean up an illegal chemical dumping ground near the city of Pescara on the Adriatic coast. ”After Ilva, in … Continue reading

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