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A biomonitoring study on blood levels of beta-hexachlorocyclohexane among people living close to an industrial area – Italy

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Abstract Background A chemical plant manufacturing pesticides has been operating since the 1950’s in the Sacco River Valley (Central Italy). In 2005, high beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (Beta-HCH) concentrations were found in milk of cows raised and fed near the river. We report the results of a biomonitoring study conducted in this region to evaluate the body burden …

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Valle del Sacco: a poisoned land

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The Valle del Sacco is a vast territory between the provinces of Rome and Frosinone in the central-southern Italy. The intensive exploitation that for decades affected of this valley due to no-scruple companies and crooked public administration offices, produced an unprecedented environmental and social disaster. The story started in 1912 with the BPD, a defense …

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