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Around the area of the military base of
Teulada in Sardinia, percentages of the
radioactive isotope thorium 232 from ten
to twenty times than the regulations had
already been recorded between 2013 and
2014 thanks to an investigation
commissioned by the Public Prosecutor of
Cagliari Emanuele Secci: the holder of
the investigation dossier "against
unknown" on the activities of the
military polygon.
The presence of the radioactive isotope
"thorium 232" would be due to the
massive use of missiles Milan,
abundantly used by the Italian army
until 2003, when they were
decommissioned following the reporting
of the French defense, who had denounced
the toxicity of thorium. However, during
the first half of military exercises in
2014, they were launched four more
missiles Milan "warhead inert",
according to a statement by the military
authorities - and new launches of the
same missile are planned for the first
half of 2015 exercises, is not clear
whether "inert" or not.
The State denies access
to data, "they are secret and
susceptible to harm international
relations, the order, security and
national defense". This is the reply of
the Ministry of Interior to the
reporters of the newspaper "Il Fatto
Quotidiano", who broke the news about
"top secret network" that measures, in
real time, the levels of radioactivity.
[See: Sardinia Post - May 2015,
"Segreto di Stato a Teulada"]
In relation to the chronicles of May 13,
2015, in the Italian Senate, 18 senators
have signed a request for clarification
made by Senator Roberto Cotti, to the
Minister of Defence. Since the same day,
they were made public the "parliamentary
acts" of the Senate, translated, here
below:
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To the Minister of
Defence
Given that:
at the far end of
southern Sardinia, in the town of
Teulada (Cagliari), it is operating,
since 1957, a permanent military polygon
for exercises ground-air-sea entrusted
to the Italian Army and made available
to NATO;
the polygon is the second largest in
Italy, with 7,200 hectares of areas with
an additional 75,000 hectares of areas
of airspace restriction and off limits
to navigation. These areas are normally
used for shooting practice land-sea,
precluding a water surface of about 450
square kilometers to navigation and
fishing, with simulations of operational
interventions and experimentation of new
weapons;
the military polygon of Teulada affects
the Site of Community Importance (S.C.I.)
"Isola Rossa and Capo Teulada" (code
ITB040024), belonging to the 'Rete
Natura 2000' which protects natural
areas in accordance with relevant
European Community legislation, for the
protection of habitats and of wild birds
(directives 92/43/CEE e 2009/147/CE);
activities of military training, like
any activity that may cause damage to
protected sites, should be subject to an
environmental impact assessment
procedure to minimize the impacts and
the introduction of environmental
compensation measures, as indicated by
the Code of the military regulations
(legislative Decree no. 66 of 2010 and
subsequent modifications). It appears
from the questioners that such
procedures have been carried out in
other polygons;
during military exercises in Teulada the
Italian Army has used 'Milan' French
production missiles with thorium 232 as
a tracer, whose exposure to air can
cause an increased risk of cancer,
whose remains are found in large
quantities on the seabed defined as
"hopelessly compromised" by a
2005 study conducted by the CNR
(National Research Council);
considering that:
On January 9, 2014, the newspaper "La
Nuova Sardegna", of the group
"L'Espresso", has reported of the early
results emerged during the investigation
conducted by the prosecutor Emanuele
Secci on pollution in the Sulcis, based
on the possibility of environmental
disaster.
We learn that in relation to the results,
in the military polygon of Teulada would
be found percentages of thorium 232,
10 to 20 times higher than those
normally found in the wild, whose danger
to health has been established and
recognized by the international
scientific community;
On 13 May 2015 the newspaper "Il
Fatto Quotidiano" in an article
titled "The network measuring
environmental risks: for the state is
top secret," has reported about
localization in the Italian territory of
1,237 stations ("Ramon" ) able to
measure the slightest Radioactivity
variation in the air;
the "Ramon" network, built in 1961 to
detect in real time possible
contamination from nuclear attack, and
monitor the radioactive fallout, from
the nineties, would be destined to
environmental monitoring also in areas
surrounding military polygons Sardinian,
where sensors would collect informations
on possible sources of contamination;
The cited article, in "Il Fatto
Quotidiano", reports that a few years
ago, while they were being carried out
excavations near the slaughterhouse of
the town of Teulada, has been
accidentally severed a telephone cable
connected to a radioactivity detector
positioned near the river and an aquifer,
in operation since 60/70 years, in a
place near the military polygon of
Teulada, near the hills where exploding
missiles fired from the navy, the army
and the arms industry giants.
After the discovery of the radioactivity
detector the council of Teulada tried
unsuccessfully to establish the presence
of highly contaminated areas, with
curious except that the answer was that
the matter was a competence by Rome by
the Ministry of the Interior;
Considered also that:
the newspaper reports that having asked
to 20 regional commands of the Fire
Department, involved in data collection,
informations on the data collected by
the "Ramon" network, receiving in
response a denial because of "possible
harm to international relations, the
order and security or
national defense", with the
specification that the "Ramon" network
would benefit autonomy guaranteed by law
in reference to the environmental
control system.
We are asking to know:
if the Ministers, in address, are aware
of the facts set out in the preamble;
if they have any or more news in
relation to problems highlighted;
if it is true that the data collected by
the "Ramon" network has been kept secret
and, if so, what are the reasons and
when and by whom it was taken that
decision;
if they do not consider the worrying
level of risk for the population and the
territory, because of non-disclosure of
the data collected by the "Ramon"
network, due to the possible
air-water-ground pollution;
if they wish to clarify what action and
information has been brought to the
attention of the people and local
authorities of Sardinia, in the last
five years, in order to avoid risks to
health and the environment in the
vicinity of military polygons;
what data, they (you) have, in relation
to the healthiness of groundwater,
springs and aquifers, and surface waters
of rivers and in the area of natural or
artificial reservoirs;
what urgent action, of competence, they
want to start to protect health and the
environment;
if they are considering, within their
respective attributions, of having to
launch a targeted operation for the
safety of the area and of the people
living near the military polygon of
Teulada;
if, concerning of general protection,
they are considering that one should
suspend within the military polygon of
Teulada all the activities that could
compromise the health and integrity of
the environment, and to promote, in
cooperation with the competent
authorities, appropriate
investigations commissioning studies and
epidemiological searches to super partes
subjects of undisputed authority.
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the italian parliamentary act
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It is as if there were two opposing
worlds. And, in fact, it is so.
In one we can see the daily
dissemination of messages, artistically
created, as in the most invasive
fraudulent advertising, on the
miraculous properties of thorium, it is
a goner, really... as "green" or as "pacifist"
and even as "product" of the providence.
The actors of this
mystifying theater of the deification of
the commodity are merely fanatics
motivated by faith or by small amounts
of money while, instead, directors are
unscrupulously beings and greedy of
money, who, just to "sell" their deadly
product are able to resort to any
falsity and incorrectness.
Then there is another
world. The one of the reality. A
world of citizens, workers, peasants and
shepherds died of cancer, with thorium
in the bones... A world of judicial
investigations, of military
hierarchs came under investigation to
court and chronicles of environmental
disasters, parliamentary acts and expert
opinions of health authorities who have
certified the environmental pollution by
thorium.
A different world where powerful
corporates have been condamned to pay
$224 million to the U.S. EPA for
clean-up of thorium contamination at the
Welsbach Superfund Site in Gloucester.
Or where Kerr-McGee's have to spend $150
million to remove 320,000 tons of
radioactive thorium and other hazardous
materials from a site in West Chicago.
A different world where the reality
is that the Kurdistan Regional
Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga
(MOP) has revealed that Germany has sent
extra military aid to the Kurdistan
Region and where, at the same time, the
German Federal Ministry of Defence
informs the Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) that items supplied by
the Ministry may contain substances
classified as hazardous under German
environmental law... like Milan Missiles...
A world where the reality
is also new as the great mobilization of
the Malaysian
people
who is creating the largest mass
mobilization against the mafia interests
of the multinationals of the Rare earth.
Massimo Greco - RNA -
Italy
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Other related sources:
Information on
hazardous substances possibly contained
in items supplied by the Bundeswehr (Federal
Armed Forces)
The German Federal Ministry of Defence
informs the Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) thatitems supplied by
the Ministry may contain substances
classified as hazardous under German
environmental law. The handling and
disposal of such items is subject to the
relevant national regulations:
The MILAN anti-tank guided missile
(MILAN ATGM) is fitted with an
encapsulated IR heat radiator containing
thorium (Th) with an activity of 10
Kilobecquerels (kBq). Contamination may
occur through inhalation. As far as the
gunner is concerned, the hazard dosage
value, pursuant to German radiation
protection law, is not exceeded until
100 rounds of ammunition have been fired.
Source:
Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces) - PDF
HERE
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On 13 November 2002, damaged nuclear
submarine Oklahoma City was taken to La
Maddalena; on 25 October 2003 submarine
Hartford ran aground. A trivial accident,
in the words of Rear Admiral Stanley.
However, he removed the base top
officials, which was a very strange act
for something so unimportant.
Independent researchers
who have analyzed the water near the
U.S. base have found consistent amounts
of radioactive thorium 234, cobalt and
plutonium. An analysis carried out by
consortium Epidemiologia Impresa
Sviluppo on behalf of the Sardinia
government has found that in La
Maddalena area the rate of deadly
diseases is far higher than in the rest
of the country. For example, Non-Hodgin
lymphoma is 177.8% higher for men; 335%
more people have been hospitalized for
melanomas; lung cancer is 43.6% higher.
Just a coincidence?
Sources:
How Italy Became a Launching Pad for the
US Military
European Parliament -
Parliamentary questions.
Subject: Radioactive pollution at La
Maddalena.
WRITTEN QUESTION by Jean-Luc Bennahmias
(Verts/ALE) to the Commission.
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La CRIIRAD découvre un excès de
thorium 234 - • L’hypothèse de l’uranium
est écartée.
La base militaire américaine de San
Stefano, située entre la Corse et la
Sardaigne, dans l’archipel de La
Maddalena.
CRIIRAD - Commission de Recherche et
d’Information Indépendantes sur la
Radioactivité
Senat - Site du Sénat française.
Concentration de thorium 234 dans des
algues prélevées dans les bouches de
Bonifacio.
Question écrite n° 11981 de Mme
Marie-Claude Beaudeau (Val-d'Oise -
CRC).
Réponse du Ministère de l'écologie et du
développement durable.
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Photo Source - La Nuova
Sardegna (newspaper):
"Una foto storica: tre sommergibili Usa
nella base di Santo Stefano"
"L'isola cuore segreto
delle strategie Nato"
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