Air-monitoring station for Naples still delayed

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A heavy haze enveloped downtown Naples, Italy, on Friday morning, an environmental concern that prompted city officials to enact its anti-smog countermeasure and limit vehicular traffic from the city center from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. U.S. Navy officials will conduct several environmental studies, including air, water and soil monitoring, to determine if living in Naples is hazardous to servicemembers, employees and their families.


Air-monitoring station for Naples still delayed
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, March 2, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — Air-monitoring sensors promised to be up and running in February at the U.S. Navy base in Gricignano are weeks from arriving, officials said last week.

At a Feb. 8 “all hands” meeting, Rear Adm. Michael Groothousen told sailors to look for air-monitoring stations on the support site within seven to 10 days.

More than 20 days later, they’re still not there.

The Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambientale Campania, the Italian equivalent to the Environmental Protection Agency, offered in early February to place a monitoring station on the base, but could not proceed without an official request from the Navy, said Guiseppe D’Antonio, the agency’s air quality director.

Agency officials had met in early February with U.S. Navy representatives, both from the Naples base and a specialized team of environmental experts visiting from the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center in Virginia. The team is conducting short- and long-term analyses, scrutinizing air, water, soil and food, to determine if military assignments to Naples jeopardize members’ health.


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uhc comment: I'll bet the specialized team of environmental experts reports back there's no problem. The trash is not an issue --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=11509