The Socialist Group in plenary session asked the municipal PP counseling urge the Presidency to take appropriate measures to control the high levels of benzene and toluene are in the area caused by emissions from three chemical plants next to the highway A7 towards Andalusia
Councilwoman Susan Hernandez presented an initiative in the Parliament next Thursday asking the local government to urge the counseling of the Presidency, through the Directorate General of Environmental Quality, to take appropriate measures to control the high levels of benzene and toluene is in the area of ​​New Javalí caused by emissions from three chemical plants next to the A7 motorway towards Andalusia.
The problem, Hernandez complaint, far from being blocked by policy makers, continues to affect the past five years to more than 3,500 residents of uptown New Javalí who daily breathe clean air without leaving home.
Therefore, the Socialist spokesman in the Municipality of this hamlet, Antonio Perez Conesa, filed a motion asking the mayor pedánea, Alicia Sanchez, to adopt solutions to alleviate this difficult situation by the PP getting no answer.
The severity of the situation, said the mayor of the PSOE demands a rapid response by local and regional government, since only during this month of April have been re-shoot the records of toluene in the air in the area, multiplying by even twenty Alumbres area in Cartagena.
In addition, according to Ecologists in Action extracted from the Presidency own counseling, ozone pollution in Murcia, Sewer and their environment, show that there were 93 days when it exceeded the target value of protection for human health people in 2010, and 39 days in 2011.
The same environmental organization, says Hernandez, has reported that only taking into account the 93 days of exceedances recorded in 2010 and is exceeding the limit of 75 days provided the state regulations for the entire period 2010-2012.
"The PP city must take action on the matter and urge the counseling Presidency to take appropriate measures to control the levels of benzene and toluene in the air and preserve the health of the residents of New Javalí and mitigate the effects these high emissions, "he finishes Hernandez.
Source: PSOE Murcia