Police probe tumours 'linked' to ENI

(ANSA) - Potenza, April 5 - Carabinieri health and safety (NOE) police on Tuesday seized thousands of patient files from Basilicata hospitals in relation to the incidence of tumours in the southern Italian region possibly linked to waste disposal at ENI's Centro Oli facility which has been implicated in a criminal probe. Tests of 'bioindicators' are being carried out to gauge the possible levels of pollution of local farm products and livestock, sources said. In the oil probe, five people have been arrested and several others placed under investigation including the oilman boyfriend of former industry minister Federica Guidi, Gianluca Gemelli. Guidi quit last week over a tapped phonecall to Gemelli telling him about a government amendment that would favour him in the Tempa Rossa oil project.