Sights include the Teatro Solvay, two Etruscan museums and the Villaggio Solvay residential complex.
Solvay Chemical Endangerment of Beaches and Mediterranean Sea
Bloomberg Businessweek has produce an exposé profiling history of chemical deposits in the region by Solvay that has profoundly affected the beaches and local population. The impact on the local environment is visible from space as seen on Google Maps [2] Solvay claim there are no problematic consequences. Watch the exposé: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZZOYeKr7o[3]
Solvay website claims that the effluents contain natural limestone as well as other inert, suspended solids such as gypsum, sand and clay.[6]
United Nations Report
According to a report published in 1999 [7] by the United Nations Environment Programme,[8] the Spiagge Bianche has been among the 15 most polluted coastal sites on the Mediterranean Sea.[9] Hotspots are evaluated based on the impact of the civil and industrial discharges regarding the quality of the local seawater, drinking water, recreational activities, the economy and social welfare.
A further special report by Special Rapporteur on the implications for
human rights of the environmentally sound management and
disposal of hazardous substances and wastes was submitted on 13 July 2022
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In 2016 a study was conducted on the mortality rate compared to the regional average for the same period;[11] The study concludes shows an excess of mortality for chronic-degenerative diseases in the area but concludes that it is not possible to establish a causal link between environmental pollution and an increase in mortality.