Since many years that we are living in Qormi, we are suffering from the fumes emitted from chimneys of a few bakeries. I have involved in my quest to combat these pollutions many government entities and I have filed many police reports. Unfortunately I have not managed to stop these bakers and they are continuing intoxicating our air. I have taken the following video this week, unfortunately I could not record the smells…
I am publishing below a few of my email exchanges on the matter:
Dear Mr Piski
Please refer to your below correspondence.
As you might be aware, unfortunately the Local Council has no authority neither to evaluate and enforce health hazards issues nor to stipulate a policy on the operations of commercial outlets including bakeries.
On the other hand, the Local Council is very concerned about the health hazards being caused by bakeries and in the circumstances the Local Council has reported such abusive operations to the competent authorities, being Public Health Inspectorate Unit and MEPA.
The Council believes that although bakeries are important in our locality because they present a particular identity and provide traditional trade to the local economy, such operations MUST never be of detriment to the health and safety of the citizens.
The Local Council will keep on following this issue with the competent authorities.
I would like to thank you for interest and invite you to send us any information which would help us in the endevour to raise awareness about such health hazards.
Regards
Rosianne Cutajar
Mayor
____________________________________________
Kunsill Lokali Hal Qormi (Citta’ Pinto) – Hal Qormi (Citta’ Pinto) Local Council
392, Triq il-Vitorja
Hal Qormi QRM 2507, Malta
Tel : 21440101, 21440107
Fax : 21440606
E-Mail – [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
URL – www.lc.gov.mt <http://www.lc.gov.mt/>
From: Henrik Piski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Il-Gimgha, 15 ta’ Awissu 2014 09:09
To: Qormi Local Council at DLG
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Addressed to Mrs Cutajar: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dear Mrs Cutajar,
may I also ask the local council of Qormi to look into the issue of some local bakeries using machine oil to start their fires, thus emitting toxins in the air and endangering our health? I am trying since 2008 to get this malpractice to be stopped, filed several police reports, reported matters to MEPA and the health departments. Unfortunately, although some officials came on site to investigate, also to warn some of them, some of the bakeries are happily continuing killing us.
Some Zebbug officials of the health department visited us 2 months ago, we went round the bakeries, they spoke to some of them, and than these officials vanished and do not reply to my emails.
The address of the two bakeries with who we have issues are:
68 Triq San Pietru
2 Sqaq San Pietru
I hope that you as the elected major of Qormi, you understand that our health is at stake and that the local council will take adequate measures. You will find below my email communication with the “health” authorities and a letter I have written back in 2008: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080626/letters/need-to-stop-pollution-of-the-air-in-urban-zones.214129
May I also bring to your attention that this is not an Qormi issue, when I lived in Rabat early this year, I experienced the same pollution from bakeries.
If there is something else you would like to know, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards
Henrik Piski
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 14 August 2014 12:28
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon,
what action are you taking against the bakers in triq san pietru as they continue intoxicating us?
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
——Forwarded message——
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:47 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
To: [email protected] <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Good evening,
Now the baker at the end of the small alley next to Triq San Pietru is burning machine oil…
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:46 pm, Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Good afternoon
The baker at 70 Triq San Pietru did It again..
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
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On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Henrik Piski <[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning,
Would you have an update on the matter below? The baker next to us used again machine oil to start his oven last night and we had to close all windows.
Please also read what I wrote back in 2008, since than no action has been taken!
http://henrikpiski.com/2008/07/11/the-big-farce-of-mepa/
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
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——Forwarded message——
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
To: Janet Grech Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
From: Complaints PH at MEH-Health <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 10 June 2014 11:59
To: [email protected]
CC: “Zebbug PH Office at MEH-Health” <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> , “Pace Leonise at MEH-Environmental Health-Health” <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> , “Bonnici Charles at MEH-Environmental Health-Health” <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> , “Tonna Clive J at MEH-Environmental Health-Health” <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dear Mr Piski
Your complaint was referred to Environmental Health Officers at the West
Region, Zebbug (here copied) for further investigations from their end.
Their office telephone numbers are 21467302/ 21460859. Complaint
reference No is 2027/2014
Best Regards
Stephen Attard
Environmental Health Officer Reg No. 161
Health-Environmental Health
t: +356 21324093 e: [email protected] | www.gov.mt
Ministry for Energy and Health
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail
Continental Business Centre , Triq Il-Ferrovija, Santa Venera, Malta
—–Original Message—–
From: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 17:06
To: Tonna Clive J at MEH-Environmental Health-Health
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
FYA
Richard Zammit
Superintendent of Public Health
Office Of The Superintendence Public Health
t: +356 25953302 e: [email protected] | www.health.gov.mt MINISTRY
FOR ENERGY AND HEALTH
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail Out Patients Department, Level 1, St Luke’s Hospital,
GWARDAMANGA, PIETA’, MALTA
—–Original Message—–
From: Muscat Annemarie at MEH-Public Health-Health On Behalf Of SPH at
MEH-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 16:32
To: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Subject: RE: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dr Zammit,
E-mail below received on the generic mail is being forwarded for your
attention.
Annemarie
—–Original Message—–
From: Henrik Piski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 June 2014 16:21
To: SPH at MEH-Health
Subject: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon,
with my Maltese family, we are living since several years in the old
part of Qormi next to Pjazza San Franjisk. Since the beginning, we are
having serious health issues with the local bakeries: they all use used
machine oil to start their ovens which obviously liberates toxins in the
air. The air becomes unbreathable and we have to close the windows or
wear gas masks. We have filed several police reports, have contacted
Mepa and the health centre in Zebbug. All without any success so far. It
is true that the police visited the bakeries, so did MEPA personnel and
people from the Health Department. They always came when the ovens were
off. I have asked these people on several occasions to take samples from
their chimneys to be analyzed (I was even ready to pay for these
analysis)., but this has been refused so far.
I would like to ask you to take action and protect the health of all
people living in Qormi, there is no reason our health should be put in
danger through gross negligence and stupidity (luckily one of the bakers
already died of cancer through his poisionous activities).
If no action is taken from your department, I will have no other recurse
than to take legal actions.
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
—
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 01 July 2014 21:47
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good evening,
Now the baker at the end of the small alley next to Triq San Pietru is burning machine oil…
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:46 pm, Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 24 June 2014 15:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon
The baker at 70 Triq San Pietru did It again..
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Henrik Piski <[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning,
Would you have an update on the matter below? The baker next to us used again machine oil to start his oven last night and we had to close all windows.
Please also read what I wrote back in 2008, since than no action has been taken!
http://henrikpiski.com/2008/07/11/the-big-farce-of-mepa/
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
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——Forwarded message——
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
To: Janet Grech Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
From: Complaints PH at MEH-Health <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 10 June 2014 11:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dear Mr Piski
Your complaint was referred to Environmental Health Officers at the West
Region, Zebbug (here copied) for further investigations from their end.
Their office telephone numbers are 21467302/ 21460859. Complaint
reference No is 2027/2014
Best Regards
Stephen Attard
Environmental Health Officer Reg No. 161
Health-Environmental Health
t: +356 21324093 e: [email protected] | www.gov.mt
Ministry for Energy and Health
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail
Continental Business Centre , Triq Il-Ferrovija, Santa Venera, Malta
—–Original Message—–
From: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 17:06
To: Tonna Clive J at MEH-Environmental Health-Health
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
FYA
Richard Zammit
Superintendent of Public Health
Office Of The Superintendence Public Health
t: +356 25953302 e: [email protected] | www.health.gov.mt MINISTRY
FOR ENERGY AND HEALTH
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail Out Patients Department, Level 1, St Luke’s Hospital,
GWARDAMANGA, PIETA’, MALTA
—–Original Message—–
From: Muscat Annemarie at MEH-Public Health-Health On Behalf Of SPH at
MEH-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 16:32
To: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Subject: RE: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dr Zammit,
E-mail below received on the generic mail is being forwarded for your
attention.
Annemarie
—–Original Message—–
From: Henrik Piski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 June 2014 16:21
To: SPH at MEH-Health
Subject: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon,
with my Maltese family, we are living since several years in the old
part of Qormi next to Pjazza San Franjisk. Since the beginning, we are
having serious health issues with the local bakeries: they all use used
machine oil to start their ovens which obviously liberates toxins in the
air. The air becomes unbreathable and we have to close the windows or
wear gas masks. We have filed several police reports, have contacted
Mepa and the health centre in Zebbug. All without any success so far. It
is true that the police visited the bakeries, so did MEPA personnel and
people from the Health Department. They always came when the ovens were
off. I have asked these people on several occasions to take samples from
their chimneys to be analyzed (I was even ready to pay for these
analysis)., but this has been refused so far.
I would like to ask you to take action and protect the health of all
people living in Qormi, there is no reason our health should be put in
danger through gross negligence and stupidity (luckily one of the bakers
already died of cancer through his poisionous activities).
If no action is taken from your department, I will have no other recurse
than to take legal actions.
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
—
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 14 June 2014 08:14
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good morning,
Would you have an update on the matter below? The baker next to us used again machine oil to start his oven last night and we had to close all windows.
Please also read what I wrote back in 2008, since than no action has been taken!
http://henrikpiski.com/2008/07/11/the-big-farce-of-mepa/
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
——Forwarded message——
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
To: Janet Grech Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
From: Complaints PH at MEH-Health <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 10 June 2014 11:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dear Mr Piski
Your complaint was referred to Environmental Health Officers at the West
Region, Zebbug (here copied) for further investigations from their end.
Their office telephone numbers are 21467302/ 21460859. Complaint
reference No is 2027/2014
Best Regards
Stephen Attard
Environmental Health Officer Reg No. 161
Health-Environmental Health
t: +356 21324093 e: [email protected] | www.gov.mt
Ministry for Energy and Health
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail
Continental Business Centre , Triq Il-Ferrovija, Santa Venera, Malta
—–Original Message—–
From: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 17:06
To: Tonna Clive J at MEH-Environmental Health-Health
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
FYA
Richard Zammit
Superintendent of Public Health
Office Of The Superintendence Public Health
t: +356 25953302 e: [email protected] | www.health.gov.mt MINISTRY
FOR ENERGY AND HEALTH
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail Out Patients Department, Level 1, St Luke’s Hospital,
GWARDAMANGA, PIETA’, MALTA
—–Original Message—–
From: Muscat Annemarie at MEH-Public Health-Health On Behalf Of SPH at
MEH-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 16:32
To: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Subject: RE: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dr Zammit,
E-mail below received on the generic mail is being forwarded for your
attention.
Annemarie
—–Original Message—–
From: Henrik Piski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 June 2014 16:21
To: SPH at MEH-Health
Subject: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon,
with my Maltese family, we are living since several years in the old
part of Qormi next to Pjazza San Franjisk. Since the beginning, we are
having serious health issues with the local bakeries: they all use used
machine oil to start their ovens which obviously liberates toxins in the
air. The air becomes unbreathable and we have to close the windows or
wear gas masks. We have filed several police reports, have contacted
Mepa and the health centre in Zebbug. All without any success so far. It
is true that the police visited the bakeries, so did MEPA personnel and
people from the Health Department. They always came when the ovens were
off. I have asked these people on several occasions to take samples from
their chimneys to be analyzed (I was even ready to pay for these
analysis)., but this has been refused so far.
I would like to ask you to take action and protect the health of all
people living in Qormi, there is no reason our health should be put in
danger through gross negligence and stupidity (luckily one of the bakers
already died of cancer through his poisionous activities).
If no action is taken from your department, I will have no other recurse
than to take legal actions.
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
—
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
From: Henrik Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 10 June 2014 12:20
To: Janet Grech Piski <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
From: Complaints PH at MEH-Health <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Date: 10 June 2014 11:59
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dear Mr Piski
Your complaint was referred to Environmental Health Officers at the West
Region, Zebbug (here copied) for further investigations from their end.
Their office telephone numbers are 21467302/ 21460859. Complaint
reference No is 2027/2014
Best Regards
Stephen Attard
Environmental Health Officer Reg No. 161
Health-Environmental Health
t: +356 21324093 e: [email protected] | www.gov.mt
Ministry for Energy and Health
Kindly consider your environmental responsibility before printing this
e-mail
Continental Business Centre , Triq Il-Ferrovija, Santa Venera, Malta
—–Original Message—–
From: Muscat Annemarie at MEH-Public Health-Health On Behalf Of SPH at
MEH-Health
Sent: Monday, 09 June 2014 16:32
To: Zammit Richard at MEH-Public Health-Health
Subject: RE: Killing people softly in Qormi
Dr Zammit,
E-mail below received on the generic mail is being forwarded for your
attention.
Annemarie
—–Original Message—–
From: Henrik Piski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 June 2014 16:21
To: SPH at MEH-Health
Subject: Killing people softly in Qormi
Good afternoon,
with my Maltese family, we are living since several years in the old
part of Qormi next to Pjazza San Franjisk. Since the beginning, we are
having serious health issues with the local bakeries: they all use used
machine oil to start their ovens which obviously liberates toxins in the
air. The air becomes unbreathable and we have to close the windows or
wear gas masks. We have filed several police reports, have contacted
Mepa and the health centre in Zebbug. All without any success so far. It
is true that the police visited the bakeries, so did MEPA personnel and
people from the Health Department. They always came when the ovens were
off. I have asked these people on several occasions to take samples from
their chimneys to be analyzed (I was even ready to pay for these
analysis)., but this has been refused so far.
I would like to ask you to take action and protect the health of all
people living in Qormi, there is no reason our health should be put in
danger through gross negligence and stupidity (luckily one of the bakers
already died of cancer through his poisionous activities).
If no action is taken from your department, I will have no other recurse
than to take legal actions.
Best regards,
Henrik Piski
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