rerun the Environmental Health Committee has mobilized the Health and Environment Committee Ospitaletto. E 'known to Ospitaletto, regarding environmental issues, many nodes are coming home to roost. Traffic, pollution, waste, population growth, industries and infrastructure (and future) for low-impact: our area is showing other sources of risk and concern for the quality of life and health of citizens. What to do?
Recently, the Health and Environment Committee Ospitaletto decided to revitalize its activities with a series of initiatives. Saturday, June 26 we held the first of these, a group bike ride to raise awareness about the real risk dell'aperturadi a new landfill, north of the country.
Why she felt the need for a relaunch of the Committee? We asked Joseph Antonini, newly appointed president.
"said Antonini-Ospitaletto - Is a town marked by many environmental issues and therefore its citizens are exposed to risks to their health that this entails. Just think of the high building that led to the rise in the number of inhabitants per square km in the values \u200b\u200bof two to three times higher than in towns close to us and there are also numerous industrial sites close to residential areas and there are many ways Communication and present high-speed road planned. The opening of a new landfill to the north-eastern border of our territory, at close range with the existing built-up area, where I also continues to build, would further exacerbate an environmental situation in itself already problematic. "
" We - the president of the association continues then-felt the need to inform the public of Ospitaletto and neighboring towns to try to do something. Current legislative situation sees a deadlock because of waiting for he assessment of environmental impact by the Lombardy Region on which will be called to express the Province of Brescia and municipalities concerned. I think when people become aware and make their voices heard, something can change for the better. The involvement and participation of everyone is crucial. "
Because this landfill is a problem?
"As mentioned, the new landfill Stella Forest is a few meters from the town next to the old landfill Bosco Sella, close to the very serious environmental problems that had generated, in the late '80s, after a long struggle of our citizens and whose memory is still alive in us all. We do not want our territory when faced with a further cause of degradation. Recovery is necessary in these areas as provided in the permit or excavation with planting and training of park. "
" with the bike - continues Antonini - we wanted to demonstrate our desire to live in a clean and healthy environment and make our voice to protect the environment means protecting our health and our region has already suffered enough compromises resulting from over three million tonnes of waste accepted by the Forest seat in a still recent past. "
addition to the landfill, what do you do?
"Unfortunately, we are spoiled for choice. We all know that our land is severely degraded. Our intention is to involve as many people as possible, listen to, inform and raise awareness. I would like to especially emphasize the link, which is inherent in our name, between environment and health. It seems to me that from this point of view, unfortunately, not lack Ospitaletto issues. We are also ready to initiatives and in-depth information, with competent personnel in the field, data released by authorities on the incidence of major diseases in our country, in order to understand if there is an effect that by going to beyond the quota is the physiological symptoms and therefore a real disease. "
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From 13/07/2010 Ospitaletto.org
