The Toxic Valley: Turkish MPs asked for an investigation (2018-2019)

2019-09-27

DILOVASI - Turkish MPs asked for a commission to be set up to investigate the lethal dump “that damaged the Dilovasi town to the point of catastrophe”. The motion explicitly referred to the journalists’ reporting, including witness testimonies and lab testings of samples from the dump.

Journalists investigated the environmental and medical consequences of chemical dumping and pollution that have led to a widespread health crisis in Kocaeli, Turkey’s most heavily industrialised region. After they published their stories in September and October, 22 MPs from Turkey’s main opposition party CHP submitted a written motion urging the Turkish Parliament to investigate “the toxicity of the dump and take necessary precautions urgently, as well as to determine how the dump consisting asbestos came about and who the responsible parties are”.

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The Toxic Valley: Turkish MPs asked for an investigation (2018-2019)

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