‘Triangle of death’: will Italy finally tackle mafia’s toxic waste dumping?
Cancer rates have soared in Casalnuovo di Napoli, Italy, where burying or burning of waste has poisoned water and land
Soon after her son, Antonio, was born, Marzia Caccioppoli moved to Casalnuovo di Napoli, a town surrounded by countryside on the outskirts of Naples, to get away from the chaos and pollution of the sprawling southern Italian city.
“Antonio was a strong and healthy boy, but I wanted him to grow up in a place where he could breathe clean air,” she said.
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