The Arrival of the Ship Carrying Asbestos to Aliağa Has Been On The Agenda

Defined as a carcinogenic mineral in fibrous structure asbestosIt is also known to be very harmful to human health. It is stated that asbestos can have frightening effects on the lungs and can cause cancer. Now, there have been some very frightening developments regarding this.

According to the news, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change approved the settlement of the Brazilian Navy’s warship NAe São Paulo in the Aliağa district of İzmir. your permission, It was given to a company named Sök Denizcilik on May 30, 2022. transferred.

“Aliağa, İzmir and the Aegean Sea are in great danger”

In the statements made, it was stated that the ship was about to depart from Rio De Janeiro. More than 600 tons of asbestos, and tons of other dangerous goods were stated. In addition, this; both for Aliağa, İzmir and the Aegean Sea. pose a great risk It was also among the statements made.

According to Gazeteduvar, the President of the Association of Asbestos Dismantling Experts (ASUD), Mehmet Şeyhmus Ensari, said in his statements, “The ship’s arrival in Turkey for dismantling is more than 3 times the amount of 241 tons of asbestos that the ministry claims has been disposed of 714 ships in 5 years. This means that both the employees and the people of the surrounding area in Aliağa ship dismantling. been exposed to asbestos is showing” he said.

Ansari also pointed out the possible dangers and called the ship ‘‘asbestos bomb’ described it as: “It may affect all the people living in Aliağa and even able to kill amount of ‘asbestos bombs’ is coming. Aliağa, İzmir and the Aegean Sea are at great risk. Dismantling the ship means mass murder.”

In addition, the ministry of your correspondence has also been reported. In the correspondence, it was stated that the ministry did not object to the carriage on the condition that it complies with the provisions of the Basel Convention and does not contain radioactive materials. In addition, the necessary measurements will be made by the relevant company, when the conditions are met, the ship’s dismantling facilities. can approach expressed. In case of radiation contrary to the declaration in the measurements, the ship will be sent back specified.

Mayor announced that they will fight legal

As you can imagine, this situation immediately sat on the agenda of social media. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunc Soyer, drawing attention to the ministry’s permission to dismantle the ship, said that they will give the necessary legal fight to cancel the decision. In addition, a signature campaign was started on Change.org regarding the ship. to the campaign already of 6000 over people attended.

The ship, which was stated to contain asbestos, also garnered a great reaction on social media platforms. Many citizens expressed their reactions from these channels. We have compiled some of the responses for you.

Here are some of the reactions from social media: