voda schreef op 25 januari 2019 16:54:
ILVA emissions endanger locals' health - Strasbourg Court
ANSA reported that the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said that Taranto's troubled ILVA steel plant endangers the health of the entire population in the area. It said "The persistent pollution caused by ILVA's emissions have endangered the health of the entire population that lives in the area at risk.”
It also noted that national authorities did not take all the necessary measures to effectively protect the right to the respect of the private lives of plaintiffs.
The court said that measures to ensure the protection of the health and the environment need to be implemented as soon as possible.
The court in 2016 opened proceedings against the Italian State for allegedly having failed to protect the life and health of 182 people in the southern city from the effects of emissions.
Source : ANSA