One of the duties of MEPA is to protect the health of the people. I am living amongst bakers in Qormi, of which several heavily pollute our direct environment causing health hazards to my family and myself. Since March last year, I have filed several police reports against these polluters, no action has been taken. I have approached the health department in Zebbug, no action has been taken. I have called several times to so called hot line of MEPA, never any MEPA employee managed to arrive on time on site to visit the bakeries. If ever, the visits have been taken place when the bakers were not working. Since three weeks, I am waiting for action to be taken by MEPA. Even if the oven is off, it is easy to verify what the bakers were burning by scratching particles from inside the chimney or outside of it and analyzing them. As one can clearly see from the picture taken yesterday evening, dense dark smoke is expelled from the chimney.
Wardens stop cars expelling excessive fumes and fine the drivers, MEPA does not stop and fine polluters, it even supports them by taking no action.
MEPA should be renamed into Malta Environment Destruction Agency, because that is the only the job it is excelling at.
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