Due to the smell, the children of Líšeň vomit, and a petition has already been lodged against the foundry
Pinching of the eyes, headache, nausea. Such problems bother the inhabitants of Líšeň, Vinohrady and Židenice. The smell, which the locals attribute to the Heunisch foundry, is to blame. They therefore wrote a petition.
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According to locals, the smell comes from the Heunisch foundry.
| Photo: Stanislava Herzánová
According to locals, it is annoying and appears every day. “I live in Julian, so I know the smell well. Such a metal-chemical stink. When it hits your apartment, you don’t have a chance to ventilate, “said Stanislava Herzánová, a resident.
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The situation has also been criticized by the Deputy Mayor of Židenice, Petr Kunc. “Thanks to the initiative of hundreds of citizens, a change in the integrated permit issued by the South Moravian Regional Authority for the operation of the foundry was achieved,” Kunc said. severity of the issue.
The locals have been complaining about the smell for four years now, and the region did not start resolving the situation until last spring, when a nineteen-day measurement took place on the spot. “We’ve had notes from people when I feel it. At that time, there was a really higher concentration of metals in the air, “recalled the head of the air quality department of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Jáchym Brzezin.
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The foundry fights that no exceedances were found in the measurement. The operation is trying to modernize. “Last month, we started moving to a new binder system. Tests have shown that with its reduction in the value of odor emissions, about twenty-five percent, “said foundry spokeswoman Kateřina Svobodová.