Un drone per mappare il fiume Sacco

NOUMENA & FLONE, in collaboration with FABLAB FROSINONE and GREEN FAB LAB present DATA MATTER | environmental aerial robotics workshop. The course is inspired by the investigation developed along the Sacco river by Carlo Ruggiero, pubblished on “Cattive acque” and the experimental research ran by Michela Ruggiero, co-founder of Fab Lab Frosinone. The course will …

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

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

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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