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Italy Chemical Plant Execs Jailed for Pollution
- Eleven executives, including those from Mitsubishi and International Chemical Investors, were sentenced to up to 17 years in prison for contaminating water with PFAS, according to a court ruling.
- The Miteni plant leaked waste, affecting nearly 200 square kilometers of drinking water and land, as reported by prosecutors.
- Greenpeace Italy called the ruling "historic," emphasizing the significant impact of PFAS on health, including cancer and liver damage.
- The court ordered the executives to pay over €6.5 million in damages to the Veneto region and €58 million to the Italian environment ministry.
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Italian chemical plant executives convicted in 'historic' water pollution trial
Managers of a now-defunct chemical plant in northern Italy were handed jail terms of up to 17 years on Thursday for contaminating water used by hundreds of thousands of people with "forever chemicals".
Most people have probably already heard scientists' warnings that it is better not to have Teflon pans in your kitchen. To make these pans have a non-stick coating, PFAS (perfluoroalkylated and polyfluoroalkylated) substances are used, often called "forever chemicals". Due to their beneficial properties, the use of these substances is so widespread that they are currently found in the environment, for example, in water bodies. Scientists intervi…
An Italian court on Thursday 26 June sentenced eleven executives of a chemical factory for dumping PFAS, substances nicknamed "eternal pollutants", in water used by hundreds of thousands of people.
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Italy chemical plant execs jailed for pollution
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS, or "forever chemicals".
Hundreds of thousands of people have been exposed for more than forty years to contamination of drinking water by eternal pollutants in northeastern Italy.
For eleven executives of Icig, Miteni and Mitsubishi penalties from two years and 8 months to 17 years, even more severe than those invoked by pm. Legambiente: "Now we proceed to the reclamation"
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