TecnATox practiced two field investigations in the vicinity of Besòs incinerator in 2014 and 2017. These studies pointed to an increased risk of cancer in inhabited areas near the plant, the that more waste burns in Catalonia with about 400,000 tons per year. The concern that caused in neighboring neighborhoods, with some 56,000 neighbors, impacted on the platform Aire Net, which has denounced before the Prosecutor alleged illegalities to hide the pollution that blames the plant. The alarm has forced the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) and the City Council of the capital -owners of the public company Tersa, which manages the installation- to commission new studies.
You can read the full press release of EL MUNDO and watch Prof. José Luis Domingo's interview on betevé.