Heavy metals in the air, be careful with your breathe. VENTANAS contamination

Ventanas it's a refinery and smelting situated in the Valparaíso region, near of tourist place such as: Maitencillos, Zapallar and Horcón. Ventanas it's  a division of CODELCO enterprise. Recently, few months ago, this division had judicial problems because the contamination that it produced affected directly the area, and specially a small school named “La Greda” situated in Puchuncaví, that caused the intoxication of children's school. This situation provoked that the “Health seremi” put a judicial demand against CODELCO. The first verdict impose that Ventanas refinery and smelting must stop its work, but CODELCO appealed this verdict and in the second resolution it was accorded that Ventanas could continue its labor but this division must decrease its heavy metal emissions.

I think that the causes of this situation is compounded by the money generated by Ventanas for the government or CODELCO, because this division is critical for the enterprise with its strategic work with the copper and for the local, people because its operation create jobs. The effect of this contamination is reflected in the nature and people. People who breathe this toxic air with heavy metals present health problems like cancer and other not so serious such respiratory complications. On nature we see poor vegetation.

To prevent this situation I suggest that the industrial zone need to be evaluated with an industry density in the area as a limit.

There are two solutions that I propose. The short time solution is to relocate the school in a healthy zone and the long time solution consists in change the industry and the industrial regulatory plan of the area.