Disastro ambientale

River banks lined with carcasses and dead fish visible through the water:this is the image described by American officials who revealed that in the Nishnabotna River, a tributary of the Missouri, a fertilizer spill wiped out much of the aquatic life for a 60-mile stretch (about 97 km) causing a massacre and an environmental disaster.Over 789,000 fish would have been killed in what is one of the most ecologically devastating chemical spills in recent years in the region.Most of the species involved are small, but thousands of catfish and carp were also found among the carcasses found.Matt Combes, scientific supervisor of the ecological health unit for the Missouri Department of Conservation, estimated that about 40,000 fish have died within his state alone, adding that even trying to find the words for "a near total die-off for 60 miles of river it is astounding and daunting.”According to Andrew Loftus then, fisheries biologist and author, lThe tragedy would also be environme...

The former Tamoil refinery in Cremona, located along the Po embankment, is continuing to pollute.This is reported by the data presented by Rowing Club Leonida Bissolati, a sports club whose headquarters are located right next to the industrial settlement.The latter, until about ten years ago, refined crude oil, but has now been converted into a storage facility.Yet, despite the conversion, it has been proven that the plant is still polluting the surrounding land and, consequently, the underlying water table.Analyzes conducted on soil samples taken in the last two months have in fact highlighted that there is still the presence of supernatant, that is, the component of the fossil hydrocarbon that does not mix with water.«This is serious – he underlined Maurizio Segalini, president of the sports club - because it goes against all the theories of Tamoil and the city institutions who claim that they are removing the pollution caused from 2007 to 2011."In particular - expla...