The leakage of dioxin from the plant Icmesa Meda was “one of the worst ever industrial accident occurring on a global scale.” The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, he stressed in a message sent to exactly forty years from environmental disaster to the mayor of Seveso, Paul Butti. a message expressing “closeness” to those who “had to face the tragic consequences of that accident” but also gratitude to those who have committed to cleaning up and to start “a new season of life of the local community.” “Your reclamation and reconstruction – wrote Mattarella – interacted with a more mature European ecological consciousness and has conditioned positively. Of this you have to be proud. Today Seveso not only sounds more as a symbol of a disaster, but it is a reference point of an economy and a society oriented towards sustainable growth. This is the horizon of our future. ” According to the Head of State, “is kept alive the memory” of what has happened “not only to remember the many sufferings and the damage done to people and environment, but also because the new generations can to capitalize on both the negative experiences both the path of reconstruction which now allows them to look to the future with greater confidence. “ On the day of the anniversary, a ceremony was held in the Oak Forest Park, built in the most contaminated after it was removed the contaminated soil. At 12:37, time that 40 years ago the city was shaken by the tragedy, in Seveso only silence and the tolling of bells. The mayor Butti, wanted to reward right here – in the forest symbol of a city that has been raised and fought for the environment – the people who over the years have distinguished themselves for their contribution to the recovery of Seveso. Also present was the governor Roberto Maroni: “We must not forget what has happened to ensure that never happens again. The Lombardy – said Maroni – is the most industrialized region of Italy, one of the economic engines of Europe, with a large number of companies. we have to learn from what happened in 1976, to continue to develop a secure manufacturing model. And we have to look to the future with a particular sensitivity to the environment. we are carrying out many initiatives to protect our ecosystem. Seveso in this can be really a point of reference. “ Even Ermete Realacci, president of the Environmental Commission of the Chamber, stressed the turning point represented by the disaster of 40 years ago. “That event triggered an environmental awareness path of which today are gathered some results, but that is still in progress – were his words – what happened all’Icmesa has in fact contributed to an outlet more widespread awareness both environmental protection and on the security front, which gave birth to the so-called Seveso Directive, with subsequent amendments to the present day, has developed a European regulatory framework on industrial safety. And if at that time, for the Italian Justice , was an ‘unnamed’ disaster, today, with the law on ecoreati, would be an ‘environmental disaster’, with very different legal consequences for the perpetrators. “
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- train disaster
- Seveso
- province of Monza and Brianza
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