Envi Advovacates Warn of Environmentally Critical Projects

Expert toxicologist, Dr. Romy Quijano from the University of the Philippines – Manila also warned of the government’s plan of reviving the decommissioned Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. He urged instead that “ the privatization of the power industry be reversed, and that sustainable, safe, and appropriate energy sources be built.”

“There is already a significant breach in the reactor core containment facilities, both immediate and secondary. There is no doubt that significant amounts of radioactivity had already been released into the open environment, exposing thousands of people within several kilometers radius.

It is highly probable that this radiation pollution will worsen in the next few days and will most likely reach the Philippines,” said Quijano.

Morales added, “While apologists for harmful energy production have all the profit to gain, the poor and marginalized sectors are the most vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change and tragedies worsened by extractive and deadly sources of energy.”

In the 1^st Committee Hearing on the proposed coal fired power plant of Aboitiz, yesterday, where Dr. Romy Quijano  presented the toxicology of coal, Quijano stressed that coal fired power plants have radioactivity that people should be warned  about. #

Reference:

Francis Morales

secretary general

PANALIPDAN Southern Mindanao

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