Greenpeace activists take action in Venice, together with local movements like Climate Defense Unit, No Pfas and concerned mothers, to ask the local authorities to clean up the Miteni site, an Italian chemical company. Despite recent data showing that soil and groundwater in the factory’s site are still polluting the area, clean up operations are not yet put in place.
The Miteni factory is polluting with PFC (Poly and Per-Fluorinated Chemicals) a huge area with around one million inhabitants. PFCs, used to make clothing waterproof, are now present in the drinking water and in the blood of the residents. They are very dangerous to human health and persistent in the environment.
Around 80 people participate in the protest, arriving by boats and inflatables at the City council offices on Canal Grande to make their demands. A big banner is displayed reading “Bonifica Subito” (Clean up Now). 

Mamme NO PFAS, cittadini dei comuni interessati dall’inquinamento da PFAS, insieme ad attivisti della Climate Defense Units e di Greenpeace sono entrati in azione questa mattina a Venezia, davanti alla sede del Consiglio Regionale del Veneto a Palazzo Ferro Fini, per protestare contro il grave inquinamento da sostanze perfluoroalchiliche (PFAS) che interessa un’ampia area del Veneto compresa tra le province di Vicenza, Verona e Padova.