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The candidate for mayor, Jose Lopez, just a meeting with representatives of the Association of injured and affected by diseases caused by asbestos (APENA), with whom he has committed to work together for a specific health protocol is set aimed at all those affected by the pathologies Cartagena from exposure to asbestos fibers.

During the meeting, the heads of APENA have made known to the candidate who Cartagena, along with other cities like Ferrol and Valencia, is perfectly located on the map where there has been industry has used asbestos.

According to Jose Lopez, "we can not close our eyes to this reality that affects a sector of Cartagena. It is workers, many of them retirees, because remember that cases of cancer or asbestosis usually show their faces years after these workers and their families have been exposed to asbestos fibers, applying a specific health treatment while transparency for companies to provide information. So from MC we pledge to work closely with them to try to pressure the City Council so that it can get that health monitoring demanding and have made available our legal services to address all issues that concern them, and that only seek to enforce the law and that the fabric Industrial Township not put any qualms to provide listings of companies who have treated asbestos and workers who have been exposed to it. "

Source: Movimiento Ciudadano