Senator Rosario Giorgio Costa (PDL) has been appointed Chairman of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into depleted uranium. The induction came yesterday, directly from the President of the Senate, Renato Schifani. Thus incorporates the activities of the important agency investigation into cases of death or serious illness of our military factors associated with exposure to specific toxic chemicals. This Commission, established by the Senate March 16, 2010, consists of 21 Senators and is presided over by just a component identified by the President of the Senate.
The decision to set up again during the current legislature that the Commission of Inquiry (which operates with the same powers and the same limits of the Judiciary pursuant to art. 82 of the Constitution) was born from the need to examine all the issues related the use of depleted uranium shells in relation to exposure to certain chemical factors, toxic and radiological effects from the possible pathogenic derivante dall’utilizzo dell’uranio impoverito e dalla dispersione nell’ambiente di nano particelle di minerali presenti prodotte dalle esposizione di materiale bellico e alle eventuali interazioni.
“La disciplina istitutiva della Commissione Parlamentare d’Inchiesta – ha dichiarato il Neo Presidente Sen. Costa – assegna allo stesso organismo compiti più ampi e più approfonditi per tutelare con maggiore efficacia i militari a vario titoli coinvolti, pur nella consapevolezza che non è emerso dai lavori delle precedenti commissioni d’inchiesta alcun nesso di causalità diretta tra le malattie o i decessi e l’esposizione all’uranio impoverito. Tuttavia occorre prestare particolare attention to remedies and compensation for those involved. "
"To that end - continued Senator Costa - unlike the other Commissions of Inquiry on the same subject matter, this Commission will be tasked to investigate the following areas: the specific environmental conditions of the various operating environments in order to assess the measures adopted for the selection of the best forms of logistics systems and the most appropriate personal protective equipment for troops deployed; the adequacy of the collection and analysis of epidemiological health data related to military and civilian personnel, both those operating in polygons and military bases on national territory is the inviato nelle missioni all’estero; sulle componenti dei vaccini somministrati al personale militare, indipendentemente dal successivo impiego; sulle modalità della somministrazione dei vaccini allo stesso personale, nonchè sul monitoraggio delle condizioni immunitarie dei soggetti osservati; sui rischi associati alla presenza di gas radon e di materiali contenenti amianto negli ambienti ove il personale militare è chiamato a prestare servizio. “
C’è da aggiungere che la Commissione ha altresì il compito di monitorare il funzionamento del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale per le attività concernenti l’ambito di lavoro della stessa, nonchè il funzionamento del servizio Sanitario Militare, ed in particolare the usability of the latter in terms of efficiency and effectiveness on the Italian territory and abroad, in order to better protect the health of all those who may be considered at risk in the performance of its service.
"The new commission of inquiry - concluded Senator Costa - also aims to investigate more fully all aspects and correlated in order to give the highest possible security, even in terms of compensation and restoration of the military and civilian involved in the awareness of the delicate tasks in defense of the democratic order, peace and national security. "
