“Health hazards even from fires”
It’s a very complicated summer this for Romebetween difficulties in the collection of waste And set on fire. According to the president ofOrder of doctors of Rome, Antonio Magi, Capital would be «a risk hygienic emergency“. To the microphones of Adnkronos Salute he declared: «Rome is in a somewhat particular moment. The waste situation has worsened considerably since the fire in Malagrotta and there are difficulties in collecting and storing it. Waste is a big problem. It is certainly not a health emergency, but it could come quickly as has happened in the past to a hygienic emergency. As an order of doctors we are monitoring. We are a subsidiary body of the state and we take care of the health of the citizen and therefore we will evaluate from time to time what to do “.
Rome at risk of “hygienic emergency”
“There is a patchy situation – he explains – with some areas being cleaned and others less so. It is done every other day, so they obviously have a waste collection problem and after they have collected them they don’t know where to take them. Then with the heat the situation is quite critical. They begin to see opportunistic and saprophytic animals. Seagulls, mice, cockroaches. In short, there are some health issues. There is talk of a hygienic emergency risk because this is the presence of waste“.
Waste and fires, what are the health risks of citizens?
“What happen? That flies lean on this waste, which then go to touch surfaces where we citizens eat. This and other situations can create hygiene problems, such as rats and gulls spinning around. These are situations that can lead to illnesses, but – it should be noted – there are still no illnesses. If there were, the health emergency would be and at the moment it is not ”, Magi is keen to point out.
The fires are also worrying the Capitoline doctors. “Still on the subject of waste – continues the president of Omceo Rome – unfortunately it also happens that people can’t take it anymore and, to avoid the putrefaction of the material that is outside the bins, there is someone who has the bad idea of setting it on fire. And this risks producing dioxins, a very harmful fact for health. As if that were not enough we also had the part of Balduina which caught fire and created a very important problem of fumes in some parts of the city ».