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Argentina: 24,000 physicians rejected the entering of
Australian exhausted nuclear fuel into Argentina and asked the
Parliament
not to approve the nuclear
Agreement. 7, 000 of them are members of “FEMECON” (Federation
of Phisicians from the Great Buenos Aires) and 17,000 from “FEMEBA”
(Federation of physicians from the province of Buenos Aires).
The President of FUNAM, Raúl Montenegro, distributed their
official documents and warned that such opposition from 24,000
physicians “is one of the most powerful reactions against the
agreement signed by Australia and Argentina”. The documents
produced by these two Federations State that the Constitution of
Argentina “forbid the entering of Radioactive waste”.
Cordoba and Buenos Aires (Argentina), Adelaide and Sydney (Australia), May
10 2002.- The
president of FUNAM, Dr. Raul Montenegro, and the president of the
“Association Against the Pollution of Esteban Echeveria”, Dr.
Valentin Stiglitz, announced yesterday that “24,000 physicians
from the Great Buenos Aires and the Province of Buenos Aires
produced two documents that rejects the entering of Australian
exhausted nuclear fuel into Argentina”, and asked the Parliament
“not to approve the Nuclear Agreement signed last year by
Australia and Argentina”.
The
first declaration was produced by the powerful “Federation of
Physicians of the Great Buenos Aires”, FEMECON, that has 7,000
physicians members. Their statement against the import of
Australian nuclear waste also asked the parliament “not to
approve the Agreement signed by Argentina and Australia”. His
President Dr. Jorge Manfredi and his Vice-president Dr. Augusto
Fulgenzi signed the document.
The
second declaration was produced by one of the greatest federation
of physicians of Argentina, the also powerful “Federation of
Physicians from the Province of Buenos Aires” (FEMEBA) that has
a constituency of 17,000 physicians. His Vicepresident Juan Carlos
Pussetto sign the document.
The
“Federation of Physicians from the Province of Buenos Aires”,
FEMEBA, stated that “We are strongly opposed to the import of
radioactive waste from Australia. We reject the Nuclear Agreement
because millions of people will be endangered”. The document
signed by Dr. Juan Carlos Pussetto also state that: “True
independent countries don’t accept the import [of radioactive
waste]. We see with horror this new attempt for disposing nuclear
waste into the property of the Atomic Energy Agency of Argentina
(CNEA) in Ezeiza near the International Airport Ministro Pistarini”
and warned about the risks of such location.
“The most important goal of the ‘Federation of Physicians from
the Province of Buenos’, among other, it’s to protect the
health of the public. For such reason we have a moral commitment:
to warn the government about the risks involved in the entering of
nuclear waste”. The document produced by FEMEBA is signed by his
Vice-president Dr. Juan Carlos Pussetto (FEMEBA, Note # 396, 30th
April 2002, 1 page).
The president of FUNAM Dr. Raul Montenegro underlined that “such
documents are unprecedented in Argentina. For the first time
24,000 physicians protested against the import of foreign nuclear
waste. The parliament and the government cannot ignore their
strong statements”.
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