Mastrandea Di Angelo - "Il Manifesto" February 10, 2004
760 pounds of depleted uranium, 13,500 cubic meters of asbestos, PCBs and other toxic substances disposed illegally in the military arsenal of La Spezia. The radioactive material was then transferred to Cisam of Pisa, but the analysis confirmed the pollution of soil and water. Investigated two admirals. And tomorrow the inspection of the Committee of Inquiry into the rifiutiLa Spezia There was everything in that illegal dump in the middle of a military zone and a step in the natural park of the Cinque Terre. From coffee machines to the "pipe insulation containing asbestos," from washing machines to the "loose asbestos insulation 'by' Beverini 'to' lead-acid batteries and nickel cadmium ', to' capacitors and transformers containing PCBs and / or Pct ', as stated in the report ordered by the deputy prosecutor Rodolfo Attinà break and signed by Engineer Tito Boeri. Legal mixed with waste materials illegally disposed of, all together to form a deadly cocktail that has also polluted soils and waters. All over 13,500 cubic meters of hazardous waste within an area of \u200b\u200b16,607 square meters, which cost a notice of the charge of "deposit / uncontrolled drop to the ground of very heavy amounts of waste "for the last two directors of the military Arsenal of La Spezia, Dino Nascetti and Hermogenes Zannini. Now we learn that in the open dump, separated from the town and marina Cadimare by a partition wall a few feet, there were radioactive materials. 760 kilograms of depleted uranium, to be precise, largely contained in the blades of helicopters, where heavy metal is used as a stabilizer because of its high specific gravity, the rest in small discs of two centimeters in diameter and half inch thick are inserted in the flags of the vessels. They were there for who knows how long, probably accumulated over the years, a real eyesore if you look down the road that leads to Portovenere, one of Italy's most beautiful places of nature.
But how it was possible for years, no one would notice? The answer is simple: the military never allowed the civil authorities to check on what that mass was composed of amorphous debris and what they contain those bins stored in a file on the other four. So much so that it has been known only months after the start of the investigation and the kidnapping of the area, ie a few days ago, complained that the helicopter blades were transferred to the sly Cisam of San Piero a Grado, Pisa, another military facility, to be "washed" there. For this the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the waste cycle that tomorrow will not be visiting the landfill, even if the show will face will be slightly less disturbing. The mayor of La Spezia Giorgio Pagano, DS, specifies that he does not want the Italian soldiers go away from La Spezia, because much of the city's economy revolves around their presence, "but what do they want? I was not to denounce the presence of an illegal dump? "On the other hand, if it is true that" ten miles of the Gulf, the city has available about 400 meters, "the fact of the landfill, it is equally true that" the city would suffer a blow severe if the military were to go away all of a sudden, "says the local secretary of the PRC Aldo Lombardi, whereas experience as secretary of the Chamber of Labour Caorso the time of the nuclear power plant has drawn a great experience and a tendency not to separate from environmental problems those workers. However, since the abolition of the lever and the downsizing of the arsenal has greatly reduced the presence of the military, "perhaps it is time that some areas are returned to the city." And above all that there is more transparency, to prevent scandals such as landfill or iron range as that of "the hill of the mysteries" of Pitelli, whose story inspired even a cover of the weekly Business English week.
The results of the survey ordered by the prosecutor of La Spezia are disturbing fact: in addition to waste visible on the surface, there would be others buried with the "widespread contamination of the subsurface of the land," where are "metallic materials of various kinds, milk and cans of paint and thinner, empty or filled metal drums, batteries, batteries, tires, materials containing asbestos. " And groundwater, where they were found large quantities of iron, aluminum and manganese. Analysis carried out three years ago dall'Arpal of La Spezia, however, showed an abnormal presence of PCBs in the water and crops.
But how it was possible for years, no one would notice? The answer is simple: the military never allowed the civil authorities to check on what that mass was composed of amorphous debris and what they contain those bins stored in a file on the other four. So much so that it has been known only months after the start of the investigation and the kidnapping of the area, ie a few days ago, complained that the helicopter blades were transferred to the sly Cisam of San Piero a Grado, Pisa, another military facility, to be "washed" there. For this the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the waste cycle that tomorrow will not be visiting the landfill, even if the show will face will be slightly less disturbing. The mayor of La Spezia Giorgio Pagano, DS, specifies that he does not want the Italian soldiers go away from La Spezia, because much of the city's economy revolves around their presence, "but what do they want? I was not to denounce the presence of an illegal dump? "On the other hand, if it is true that" ten miles of the Gulf, the city has available about 400 meters, "the fact of the landfill, it is equally true that" the city would suffer a blow severe if the military were to go away all of a sudden, "says the local secretary of the PRC Aldo Lombardi, whereas experience as secretary of the Chamber of Labour Caorso the time of the nuclear power plant has drawn a great experience and a tendency not to separate from environmental problems those workers. However, since the abolition of the lever and the downsizing of the arsenal has greatly reduced the presence of the military, "perhaps it is time that some areas are returned to the city." And above all that there is more transparency, to prevent scandals such as landfill or iron range as that of "the hill of the mysteries" of Pitelli, whose story inspired even a cover of the weekly Business English week.
The results of the survey ordered by the prosecutor of La Spezia are disturbing fact: in addition to waste visible on the surface, there would be others buried with the "widespread contamination of the subsurface of the land," where are "metallic materials of various kinds, milk and cans of paint and thinner, empty or filled metal drums, batteries, batteries, tires, materials containing asbestos. " And groundwater, where they were found large quantities of iron, aluminum and manganese. Analysis carried out three years ago dall'Arpal of La Spezia, however, showed an abnormal presence of PCBs in the water and crops.
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