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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:49 PM Jul 2012

Mafia finds new way to kill as waste trade is linked to cancer

Source: Independent

Mafia finds new way to kill as waste trade is linked to cancer
Michael Day
Wednesday 01 August 2012


The potential cost of the Mafia's booming trade in illegal rubbish disposal has been highlighted by a new study which claims that women in the Naples area are almost 50 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer than their compatriots.

Italian and US researchers blamed the raised cancer risk on the disposal and incineration of toxic and industrial refuse – an activity that is widespread in the Campania region surrounding the southern city.

Antonio Giordano, the director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Giulio Tarro, a senior doctor at the Cotugno hospital in Naples, led the study, which found cancer rates in some towns were up to 80 per cent above the national average.

Dr Giordano said that "30 years of Camorra (Neapolitan Mafia) and improperly disposed of toxic refuse in the zones of northern Naples and southern Caserta" were to blame for rates of breast cancer that were on average 47 per cent above the national norm.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mafia-finds-new-way-to-kill-as-waste-trade-is-linked-to-cancer-7995018.html

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Mafia finds new way to kill as waste trade is linked to cancer (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2012 OP
Endocrine Disruption Octafish Jul 2012 #1
The Cleveland mafioso made a racket out of trash hauling back in the 1970s Kolesar Jul 2012 #2
Rhode Island, too Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #7
Just label the toxic waste "secret, proprietary fracking chemicals" OnyxCollie Aug 2012 #3
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #4
Bain Disposed of Aborted Babies Betty Jo Aug 2012 #5
Crazy how this is linked directly to the Mafia. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #6
This is in Sicily Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #8
Naples is not in Sicily. nt Javaman Aug 2012 #10
That's right...I was getting it mixed up with the mess in Palermo Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #15
I read the entire article. I'm aware it's in Italy. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #11
Some major cities have had some easily corruptible mayors and councils? Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #13
Hey, if I have to get pulled out of the line for additional inspections at the Airport, Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #14
The second paragraph states that it'sin Italy. nt Javaman Aug 2012 #9
No kidding Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #12

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
2. The Cleveland mafioso made a racket out of trash hauling back in the 1970s
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 10:01 PM
Jul 2012

Nothing got hauled without them skimming the fees.
Even worse was that they would stash toxic waste in rented warehouses then skip out. The owners could not trace back to actually who had rented the buildings.

 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
3. Just label the toxic waste "secret, proprietary fracking chemicals"
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:35 AM
Aug 2012

and shoot them a couple thousand feet underground.

Poof! All gone, like the bp oil spill.

 

Betty Jo

(66 posts)
5. Bain Disposed of Aborted Babies
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:21 AM
Aug 2012

One of the many money makers for MItty was/is the medical waste disposal business.David Corn has covered it in Mother Jones and on TV.

Baitball Blogger

(46,574 posts)
6. Crazy how this is linked directly to the Mafia.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:55 AM
Aug 2012

We had a waste disposal service which was linked to the mafia years ago. I always wondered, why exactly, would the US allow the mafia to own a waste disposal service? The implications of such a choice are incredible.

Baitball Blogger

(46,574 posts)
11. I read the entire article. I'm aware it's in Italy.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:22 AM
Aug 2012

I was referring to my experience in the U.S. We had a waste disposal service that was tied to the mafia. And I repeat, why on earth would the US allow that given their venture industry?

Baitball Blogger

(46,574 posts)
14. Hey, if I have to get pulled out of the line for additional inspections at the Airport,
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:31 AM
Aug 2012

why isn't national security looking into the obvious odd business combination?

Baitball Blogger

(46,574 posts)
12. No kidding
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:24 AM
Aug 2012

Read the sentence I wrote in sequence. WE HAD a waste disposal business that was rumored to be tied to the mafia. HERE IN THE US. Thus, the conclusion, why would the US allow that given their history?

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