The Environment Department of the Valparaíso region, Hernan Ramirezreported during this day that nine students and a teacher from the Quintero Polytechnic School presented symptoms related to possible intoxication.
It should be noted that in recent weeks there have been a number of cases of poisoning in the area, causing demonstrations and the partial closure of the Codelco Division Ventanas Plant.
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As stated Radio Bio Bio The affected people began to feel headaches, dizziness and stomach discomfort due to an odor that was perceived in the environment, forcing the arrival of Firefighters in the area to measure possible contamination.
The commander of the Quintero Fire Department, Eleazar Carroza, indicated in the same medium that his instruments failed to determine any alteration of gases.
For its part, the region’s Environment Seremi specified that a team from the Environment Superintendence was deployed to carry out the pertinent investigations to determine the causes of the odor suffered by those affected.
The authority also announced that two organic compound meters will be installed in both Quintero and Puchuncaví to monitor the air level in the area.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Quintero, Mauricio Carrascoindicated that some of those affected were “immediately referred to the house, others treated at school and others referred to the hospital.”
In addition, he asked the companies in the area to be transparent in these types of cases and “to please inform them immediately, which is what the director of the hospital has always requested.”
“To the extent that companies are transparent if there is any anomaly in the processes, doctors and all health employees know what is happening,” he concluded.
