Il termovalorizzatore sott'occhio...? 
few days ago, opening the mailbox I find a pamphlet entitled
'The incinerator eye' . It 's the mission budget of the Local Committee
Control for the period 2006-2009.
Booklet by impeccable graphics, well-designed color choice, evocative images of idyllic rural landscapes ... yet reading it I could not help but notice some doubts and concerns.
The CLDC is designed as an organ of control over the design, construction and operation of the incinerator in terms of safety and environmental impact. Apart from a series of statements, more or less stately, the validity of the project should highlight some data left in shadow.
The TRM has opened a round table with the Province
'on the recovery of the slag term. Classified as non-hazardous and special waste that equates to about 20% by weight of incoming waste plant. It is considering using them ... as a material for daily cover of landfills ... [or] material in the production of buildings, for the construction of road foundations' .
The slag, formed by unburned waste (steel, aluminum and other ferrous materials) are collected in the pan of burning and then divided according to their size, are generally disposed of in landfills or used as material for the production of concrete. However, even if they are still ongoing research on the topic, some studies have shown the toxicity of concrete containing slag. Add to this the data that have been detected in Turin
molte zone (v. Politecnico,zona Crocetta) con una forte concentrazione radioattiva , l’impatto ambientale di questa struttura diventa ancora meno rassicurante.
Poi passiamo alla società di gestione, la
Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani . Nasce il 24 dicembre 2002.
Indice di un segnale divino o di una circostanza evitabile, perchè inelegante in una contingenza storica così particolare? E a parte
i dignitosi compensi dell’amministrazione il dato più interessante, è la vicenda che interessa il Presidente della TRM, Giuseppe Vallone.
Ex senatore della Margherita, trombato alle ultime elezioni politiche,
imputato in un processo penale per the crime of attempted extortion in the competition continued, also pending against a third party. clear return to the surface the bad habit of reintegrating ex-members in prominent positions in the periphery
(local health centers, public utilities, farms and public participation).
Even the chapter on 'security', I noticed serious shortcomings. The term PM2.5
appears only once, while
nanoparticles has been completely forgotten.
(refer to this previous article) .
remember that these are solid powders, inorganic, eternal with a diameter of a few millionths of a millimeter. It is impossible to stop these powders, there is neither technology nor nature can do. And it is these nanoparticles to increase the incidence of cancer, not only within a radius of 5km from the plant (
in this regard, there is a wide literature, strict legislation on environmental impact and many medical diagnoses ). And we talk about birth defects, cardiovascular diseases (stroke, heart attack, lung cancer, cancers of all varieties possible lymphoma), neurological diseases (Alzheimer, Parkinson), diseases of the endocrine system (thyroid, diabetes, diseases of the pancreas) and other common diseases (such as chronic fatigue).
On page 27 then reads:
'five years of data 2001-2006 indicate that the indicators of the law for health protection are met for all pollutants except nitrogen dioxide, PM10, PM2.5 and ozone, a situation also common to the major urban areas' ... more than to reduce the environmental burden of an area already severely compromised by pre-existing.
At the end of the book then tells the story of
Industrial Services Ltd . Story that gets lost in the mists of time. Born in the 70s, then the first effort to move the company in 1994, the second in 1998 and article 9 of the Memorandum of Understanding 23 weeks. 2004.
All local authorities have reiterated the need to reduce environmental stress in the area, urging the region to the relocation of reaffirming that the term. should not be a substitute and add to the SI
Also I think the fundamental respect of this point to do this using all available means, including legal
.
But the pride of the entire document we find in the chapter on Communication. The TRM
has commissioned a study on the perception of students on the construction of the term. The population was subjected to the questionnaire were between 10-20 years
, a total of 86 classrooms (12 elementary, 24 junior high, 50 above) for a total of 671 students.
personally disapprove of the sampling frame used, because the adolescent population is still too little information to understand the extent and consequences of such a contingency.
And then disapprove the technique of representation of the seventh graph of the question, "Are you afraid of an incinerator?". At a glance, looking at the picture, one would think that the people of the No is clearly superior, a plebiscite, but the numbers tell another. The difference in favor of No (on an inadequate sample for me) is less than 7%, but the graph would seem to suggest more! In my view, the choice is misleading and tendentious.
Hanno usato come base di partenza per il grafico la % ottenuta dal Sì (non usata negli altri sondaggi, come dimostra l'altra immagine a confronto) e poi hanno sovrarappresentato l’esiguo scarto usando un’unità metrica molto piccola.
Una serie di scelte (come quella della realizzazione stessa dell'inceneritore) discutibili, ottimizzabili se ci fosse la
reale volontà di prendere coscienza del problema. Ma come diceva il saggio Krisnamurti
'Non si può creare alcuna unità di misura efficace del benessere per una società profondamente malata' .
E allora
vogliamo provare a cambiare o non abbiamo nemmeno più la forza di sperare in un domani migliore?
