(ANSA) - Rome, May 12 - Dioxin levels in the area around the
Eco X plant, a waste-recycling facility near Pomezia, south of
Rome, that went up in flames last week creating a big toxic
cloud, were over 700 times the health-risk threshold on May 5
and 6, Lazio's ARPA environmental agency said Friday. On the day
of the fire dioxin levels reached 77.5 picograms per cubic
metre, compared to the limit of 0.1 given by the WHO, it said.
Dioxin levels high after Pomezi
Levels 700 times the health-risk threshold