Under Italy's Mob, Toxic Trash Heaps Growing

Intimidation rife as garbage threatens public health

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 30, 2008 3:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Heaps of garbage tower in southern Italy’s legal and illegal dumps, and may even be contributing to cancer and birth defects in the area—but the mafia’s grip on disposal makes it near impossible to fix the problem, the Los Angeles Times reports.... Read full story »

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