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Public rally against the pollution created by the ILVA steelworks and ENI petrochemical plant and its link with the rising cases of cancer among the population. The two factories occupies an area that is approximately twice the one occupied by the nearby city of Taranto. This rally was one of the firsts after years of silent witnessing. Recorded with Zoom H4N
About the place
Taranto is a city of about 198,585 people in Apulia, Italy. OttoAnna lists 9 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Taranto, Italy - Rally against industrial pollution” by Alessandro Altavilla – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0