“We can see the peak of cynicism and irresponsibility towards the citizens these days in Bor, where there is a Health Center right at the top, where an increasing number of people are diagnosed with some kind of malignancy, a screen has been installed on which you can see that the air in Bor is excellent,” she said. Irena Živković, President of the SSP Bor City Committee and Member of Parliament.
Živković states that the data that can be seen on the screen is not incorrect, but it is incomplete, so the claim about “excellent air” is a pure lie.
– Sulfur dioxide has been within legal limits for some time and this maintains social peace because sulfur dioxide can be seen with the naked eye and can be felt in the throat and eyes, so because of its absence the Borans say: “There is no smoke”. What cannot be seen with the naked eye and cannot be felt are the silent killers and direct causes of cancer, the heavy metals arsenic and cadmium, and according to the report of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, in Bor they exceed the average annual limit allowed by law by more than 30 times. values - explains Živković.
According to the law on air protection and the law on environmental protection, both the local and republican authorities are obliged to inform the population in a timely and truthful manner, but also to protect and warn.
– In contrast, we have directly misleading the inhabitants of Bor and maintaining social peace with lies. Instead of implementing Batut’s recommendations from 2019, when a state study concluded that in the territory of Bor, due to the huge increase in the number of malignancies, it is necessary to improve healthcare and reduce pollution, you decide to lie to the citizens of Bor and thereby not only violate existing laws, but also directly endanger people’s lives – stated Živković and concluded:
– I will not ask whether all of you who represent the government in this country have at least a little bit of humanity left and whether it is possible for the local rulers to knowingly endanger their children and themselves, because it has been clear to me for a long time that they are power, privileges and money more important than anything elsebut I promise you that someday you will answer for the crime against the children of Bor.
