 |
| | | :: Research and development :: |
 Electrosmog and noise in the Arpa Lombardia’s target
Figures leave no doubts: 2000 checks on environmental noise, 3500 on electrosmog, 40 measurement and study campaigns of fine dusts, 5t thousand checks on atmospheric emissions, over 16 thousand samplings on waters destined to human consumption, 4 thousand land reclamations and consultancy on polluted sites and 255 emergency interventions.Decidedly positive figures, those of Arpa Lombardia, the regional Agency for the protection of the environment, considering that the year 2000 was the first for the agency in full operation. Arpa Lombardia was created in August '99 and its board of directors was constituted only in the following December. With 900 employees, 11 provincial and three sub provincial departments, that of Lombardy is the third Arpa agency in Italy, for size, after that of the Emilia Romagna and Veneto. To sustain a growth process that has already started, in autumn the first examinations will start, to reinforce the personnel structure of the agency and increase activities. The most looked at areas will be those: electrosmog, polluted sites and acoustic pollution, which interest a developed region such as Lombardia more than others.
|
| | | |
