Alberto Pita
A group of residents protested today next to a cattle ranch, in Travisa Manuel Iñácio da Gama, on the ranch of Mae de Dios, in Canico, against the “daily smell of nausea” that they say has come out of the ranch “for several years” and that prevents “hundreds and hundreds of residents” of the area From keeping their windows open, the kids from playing in their yard or drying clothes in the backyard without impregnating the scent.
Fed up with no one else solving their problem, they reach their “breaking point” and decide to speak out.
Vera Gomez, a nurse and spokesperson for the residents’ group, told JM that residents complain of a range of symptoms such as “persistent headaches, malaise, easy fatigue and sleepiness” that they associate with the effects of “gas.” Toxins from exploitation.” They also suspect that the soil is not waterproof and that the released material may contaminate “soil, streams and water.”
“We submitted dozens of complaints for many years, either to the municipality of Santa Cruz or to the regional government, and they were never dealt with, completely ignored,” he lamented.
“We met last week [os responsáveis da] room [de Santa Cruz], But they always throw the hot potato to the other side, saying that the regional government is responsible and not their responsibility, because it is they who authorized the business, but they also ignore their responsibility in the site part, because they are responsible. that allowed the exploration to be placed here,” Vera Gómez said, believing that the exploration is in an “illegal” place and that it should be moved to another area, like Santo da Serra for example.
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