As Tarazona and its surrounding areas face a health crisis gastroenteritis outbreak Since no one knows that it’s caused by the Cryptosporidium protozoa, nor its origins or how to fight it, the problem may soon grow beyond Transfer from administration to judiciary. At least that’s what two groups, one from Zaragoza and the other from Soria (Castile and León), are pursuing in documents submitted to the national prosecutor general’s office, both of which came from Ecologists Action, a request for the organization to direct the investigation and it was not left in the hands of the Aragonese government or other intervenors.
At the same time, the number of affected cases continues to increase, with only one increase in the past few hours, bringing the total to nearly half a thousand cases.A ban on drinking tap water remains in force in the four affected towns, as well as the city itself Tarazona, Torreras, Los Fayos and Novalas.
«It is important to have a legal and neutral body to guide the investigation», Jesús Sampériz, spokesman for the Ecologist Action Group of Zaragoza and Marea Azul in Aragon, told this newspaper yesterday. And, in his view, “In this case, there may even be signs of criminality in the way discharges from the Quailes River are managed.». He added: “The smartest thing is to have a prosecutor who, based on all the documents, decides who acted good or bad and who is responsible for what happened.”
Samperiz said: “Ultimately, this matter may involve three autonomous regions, two river basin unions and two provinces, and it is affecting an area that often rains.” He recalled that he had been in May 2022 , another written document from the prosecutor’s office “regards the Ebro Hydrographic Federation (CHE) Regarding the verified discharges on the bed of the Vaal River at the Agreda treatment plant.
«For years we have decried chaos in this region And, while obviously this is due to other reasons, we wanted to look at the lights and the stenographer to see what might have happened,” said Samperiz, who wanted to emphasize that “we know things are being done well, even though we Believe they have finished” sampling at the fish farm outlet for a long time, but we don’t want to say that everything is caused by the fish farm, this is just a possibility. We are not blaming anyone, nor are we saying where the focus of this epidemic is. It is only an open investigation by the prosecutor’s office, because we know that the public health authorities will be very concerned about how to do things right,” added the spokesman for Marea Azul in Aragon.
The document has been submitted to the Office of the State Attorney General of the Registry of the Madrid Environmental Coordination Council, and it will now be up to the latter to decide whether to accept the request, as it already did with the Madrid Environmental Coordination Council, to which it will be transferred in 2022 The prosecutor’s office of the region, in this case the prosecutor’s office of Soria.
Meanwhile, the Aragonese government remains committed to helping those affected by the disaster Tarazona, Torreras, Los Fayos and Novalas Yesterday, the General Directorate of Interior and Emergencies announced that starting tomorrow, 10 water tanks with a capacity of 1000 liters will be distributed in these cities, 7 in the first city and one in the remaining three cities, Allocation based on the number of residents in each area. Additionally, these water tanks will be replenished later based on the needs of neighbors.