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The councilor of this training, Gloria Martín, refers to the report of the Environmental Health Unit of La Arrixaca, which indicates that in Lorca, cases of Hodgkin lymphoma in children under 15 years of age residing within a radius of 2.67 km Around the old Holcim cement factory

The Councilor for the United Left-Greens, Gloria Martín, has demanded an "urgent" increase in the budget lines of the Murcian Health Service for epidemiological research, which seeks to detect the causes that cause cancer in different geographical areas and population groups .

Martín has raised this request after the publication of a study of the Environmental Health Unit of La Arrixaca, led by the pediatrician Juan Antonio Ortega, who warns of a significant grouping of cases of childhood cancer that far exceeds the expected incidence in Lorca, specifically In the vicinity of the Holcim cement plant, which operated in the municipality until 2013. According to this study, in Lorca, Hodgkin's lymphoma cases are triplicated in children under 15 residing within a radius of 2.67 km around The old cement.

The mayor of IU-Verdes recalled that, historically, his training has shown an intense concern for the consequences that could have for the health of the people the waste emitted by the incinerator of the extinct cement.

In fact, this party repeatedly asked for studies on the polluting episodes in this industrial area, and demanded, without success, that the Consistory take measures to stop them.

"We have been warned of the risk posed by this and other serious cases of pollution, such as that caused by tropospheric ozone, which also particularly affects children," Martín said.

"We are accused of agoreros and enemies of progress, when the truth is that the data of this study support our theses and should be sufficient for the municipal government team to begin to consider the dire health consequences that result from these and other Long-term activities, "he argued.

For this reason, Martín also claims to the mayor of Lorca and autonomic deputy, Francisco Jódar, to urge the regional government to create an exclusive Health and Environment Council and to increase resources for research.

"The health problems associated with the industry and the emissions of pollutant gases, have the sufficient entity to be approached from a specific perspective", said the edil.

Source: IU-verdes Lorca