Red spot on the orinoco ... jetfan, want to translate?

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Although the news of the huge red stain that invades the Orinoco River caused impact, there was no answer on the part of the Ministry of People's Power for Environment and the core businesses that could be involved.

Natalie Garcia

 
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The spill red alerted the various departments of basic environment for businesses, but none took action on them. Picture William Urdaneta
  In the case of any companies nearby released to the Mail Caroní its position, and the Ministry of People's Power for Environment nor replied to calls reporteril team that was searching for answers to many questions. However representatives of the University Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), it offered their viewpoint and the nonprofit Green Biosphere.

 

  "We can no longer remain indifferent to environmental problems, it is not the first time that such incidents occur and it is therefore necessary to avoid a finding more damage and the recurrence of these companies, certainly the first affected is the environment but the second is society, which is why we appeal to the Ministry of Environment because it is not go unpunished nor make the eye, as a society we must do something, "said Jesus Carrera, a member of Biosphere Green.

  To this representative is necessary to revise the nature of the substance and establish sanctions "not minor" against the company or companies that cause ecological damage. "They must take the necessary measures to ensure that does not happen again, there must be a technological and environmental adequacy originate drastic actions." Carrera said, "bothers me make such calls, but the face of this grave situation must be done."

  For its part, the professor of Luis Guzman (UNEG) did not touch specifically the issue of whether this landfill but added that the city in general and the companies did not give the necessary importance to the environment as in the past with plans to monitor the CVG and tracking that in the decade of the 90's was made to companies in relation to a schedule of environmental adequacy, which since 2000 ceased to function at the expense of environmental conditions.

  "I dare say that the situation is the same, unfortunately, the Ministry of Environment has done nothing since then -1990 - like CVG since 1998 that left at least report the results of studies monitoring waters and the air ", noted.

  For Guzman one of the important points is that companies devise plans to make sustainable economically and environmentally, for it can count on universities that are able to do the necessary research that will benefit both sectors.