Pupils attending schools in
Taranto's Tamburi district close to troubled steelmaker ILVA,
which has been involved in an environmental health scandal,
found their desks dirty with mineral dust Friday after a two-day
shutdown due to strong winds in the region.
Schools around the plant are closed on so-called 'wind days'
over concerns that students might be affected by high levels of
pollution caused by ILVA.
The Taranto plant, Europe's largest, is undergoing a painful
restructuring to revamp it and clean it up after years in which
it was linked to high local cancer rates.
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