Neighbors of a reservoir in Ourense demand administrations for the pollution of macrogranjas – Pledge Times

It will be the first time that a court evaluates the impact of industrial livestock on water resources, from the point of view of the violation of fundamental rights, i.e. the right to life, the prohibition of torture and degrading treatment, the right to private and family life and the right to home and the protection of property. Those who will have to defend themselves are the Xunta de Galicia (PP), the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (de…

Seven residents of As Conchas, the association of neighbors and a consumer organization bring to justice the Xunta, the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation and five municipalities Greenpeace finds nitrate contamination in 97.5% of groundwater analyzed in Galicia In the waters of the reservoir of As Conchas, cyanobacteria proliferate, a micro-organism that has an impact on the environment -causes lack of oxygen-, aquatic organisms and the human b…

Ourense, 26 Mar (EFEverde).- A court will have to evaluate the impact of industrial livestock on water resources following the presentation of a pioneering lawsuit against the Xunta de Galicia and the Confederación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil for "decades of pollution" in the reservoir of As Conchas (Ourense). Nine plaintiffs, including individuals and organizations such as the Federation of Consumers and Users CECU, with the support of Friends of…

A European court will assess for the 'first time' the impact of industrial livestock from a human rights perspective on complaints of infected waters and 'unbearable stench' ...

Neighbors of a reservoir in Ourense demand administrations for the pollution of macrogranjas – Pledge Times

In the waters of the As Conchas reservoir the cyanobacteria proliferate, a microorganism that has an impact on the environment -a lack of oxygen -, aquatic organisms and the human being, for whose health the associated toxins are a risk. They are a threat known in the stagnant waters and in this dam, located in the Ourensana region of A Baixa Limia, it is recurrent. Seven residents of the town that bears the same name, belonging to the municipal…

The residents of the region of A Limia take the Xunta before the Superior Court of Xustiza of Galicia for the pollution caused by the intensive breeding of pigs and poultry in this area of Ourense.Topics: News, Galicia, Environment, PollutionRead full article