I'm sure readers are aware of the long-standing garbage crisis in southern Italy. Briefly, local crime syndicates have run the trash industry and garbage disposal for decades, raking off money, dumping toxic waste, and making criminal nuisances of themselves. The situation's got much worse in recent years, with strikes, garbage buildup and overflowing dumps causing no end of problems.
The Austrian Times reports that the indiscriminate illegal dumping of toxic waste is now affecting plant life.
This bizarre mutant lemon has given environmentalists the pip in Italy where it's grown wild next to a toxic rubbish dump.
Italy is in the middle of a trash crisis as hundreds of tons of domestic and industrial waste pile up as the government attempts to break the Mafia's hold on the industry.
Now environmental experts say the country's plants and wildlife - like this lemon found in Terzigno - are paying the price for the pollution.
There's more at the link.
Yep . . . I don't think I'd slice that into my drink anytime soon!
Peter
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