March 2008. I am a citizen from Las Toscas city, northern Santa Fe, Argentina, and I worry because I see our health daily threatened by pollutants released by Arlei’s tannery as well as I see the lack of action to correct this situation. A recently spill of thousand litters of sulphuric acid, we had, and nobody from “Arlei” gave an explanation; it seems that everyone is blindfolded. Which is the solution? In the year 2000 when Greenpeace came here because the same problem, it seemed to be raising an answer to people’s problems, but again everything came into nothing. Many people left town (had to). An increasing number of persons with kidney diseases, cancer and allergic manifestations are showed in this city, and still people are afraid. How can we reverse this situation? I wouldn’t possible think that the unique solution is to leave this beautiful city, now becoming a sad and desolate, forgotten place… Read more.

Answer: As we put your letter in our Website we received several mails from other residents concerned about pollution in the city, the same as you are. We share this concern of yours, but our practical contribution is too diffuse. Those who are the local political authorities have the duty to give the answers, and you, the people, the right to do the questions to them. You could try to get in touch with the new government in the province. We hope you can find it more sensitive than the one before.