(ANSA) - TARANTO, FEBRUARY 25 - "The only urgent measure of interest is the health, that of our children and that of our environment and not their plants".
RominaPower said this, speaking at a demonstration in Taranto against the decree which provides for the restoration of immunity for the managers of the Acciaierie d'Italia steel plant.
"I am here - he added - also as a mother who lost track of her firstborn 29 years ago for unknown causes. The death of the young and of our future are instead the carcinogenic fumes and dust emitted by the former Ilva and other industrial plants here in Taranto. I am here to tell you that it is your right to live, it is our inviolable right, it is written in the Italian Constitution and no other decree will be able to take away this right of ours".
It is truly shameful what is happening.
I love Italy, I love Puglia, I chose it as my home in the 1960s and I chose it again in 2020. We need to raise awareness of this enormous danger and the slow suicide that could happen with the production of steel mills without proper ecological measures.
Life - he reiterated - is our inviolable right and we are guardians of this earth, we are temporary guardians of this planet and therefore let us defend it.
We recognize our rights and don't be afraid to defend them". (ANSA).