Anti-militarist demonstration, on 18 July, in front of the Court of Cagliari, where the hearing of the trial against the generals on the alleged environmental disaster within the Teulada firing range is scheduled. The A Foras committee has issued a note communicating the reasons for the demonstration.
Below is the full note.
The hearing of the trial which aims to identify those responsible for the environmental disaster which occurred in the Teulada Military Range will be held on 18 July at the Court of Cagliari.
The defendants in the trial are four generals, former chiefs of staff of the Italian Army, who are accused of negligent environmental disaster. The fifth accused, General Graziano, committed suicide on 17 June 2024.
The investigations covered a period of time up to 2016 but in the indictment the conduct is contested only up to 1 September 2014, in clear contrast with what was ascertained by the Prosecutor's Office itself. With the investigations it was ascertained that, despite the PIA (Integrated Environmental Intervention Plan) having been activated, from 2008 to 2016 exercises were carried out in the Delta peninsula and in 2016 no. 4 lunettes contaminated with Thorium and in 2018 n. 9 Milan missile engines.
The pollutants released into the territory have the ability to permeate the earth for tens of meters, reach the aquifers, move through the air for kilometers and spread in the sea waters for distances that are difficult to calculate. These substances enter the food chain, polluting fishing, livestock, agriculture and derived products (e.g. bread, pasta, cheeses, wines, etc.). The toxicity of materials and their diffusion is the basis of numerous pathologies that affect animals, plants and humans, such as leukemia, solid tumors, neonatal malformations, intoxication by specific agents.
There is scientific evidence of the causal link between these pollutants and the reported pathologies, although, to date, serious epidemiological research has never been carried out that sheds light on the real situation near the shooting ranges.
