does reveal the price of this $30.00 ton block. i'll take a closer look at it, but it seems to be a high quality block. we won't know exactly until it's come to size, but this kind of block is worth about $50000.00 euros too. but he cuts out several blocks like this one each day. and quarry owners enjoy a lot of extra leeway since they bring business and jobs. this sometimes results in poor safety standards. there have been 11 deaths in a little over 10 years, but at 3000 euros a month, the salaries are quite high for the region. and a significant portion is paid under the table. so when it comes to illegal drilling or waste in the mountains, no one complains. but the bar metal, the a sledge made of water and marble dust seems to be directly responsible for polluting the rivers flowing down into the valley. say i thought i could not do

these. how can they say the momento, la pollutes environment? charity is the thing. the marble pebbles are crushed and the company makes them into a powder. and we sell the waste product to the company so they can make harmless powder. now and this powder from our cutting machines is supposed to be polluting the environment that could get it for a while. maybe it's the exact same powder. we store it in bags. it cannot easily escape the cory and then water runs through the bag and it's been filtered fee, so all the marble powder stays here. it doesn't go into the rivers. and sandro manfredi is working with peano son, sony, a retired biologist,

to check the foreigner in the center of cora. they start by analyzing the water of a river, free of quarry, waste downwards with dots, and see if anything is living in this river. we'll filter the water and see what we find. offers the filter into the current and you scratch off the rocks. they should give us a rough idea as to how many species live in the river. for me to see what's in harrison county as far as the little green in there. right now we have a very rich ecosystem here. density of vein when it's acid counting about 20

different species. say i was meaning the water quality. good. all very good. on down, not bad, won't be going to head up stream along another river and continue their experiment. the rain flushes all quarry wastewater into the river bed. if i think us, but i don't know, molly. i lost the so called miss. are they supposed to live buried under this marbles? lunch? unspeakable. no, no. say there's nothing left to live in this river from the list. they actually came there when modern conveying equipment emerged here in the seventy's list of i sort of started being used to direct them a metal into the rivers that was the beginning at the end of the ship. so

everything is covered in my metal. i guess if alicia has it like when a landslide buries the buildings and and sit down, i've got the sorry, it's a biological waste. left him as the marble dust immediately settles, creating a hard impenetrable layer. so the mountain soil can no longer absorb the water when there's heavy rain and that's exactly what happened in 2014 terrible floods hit the city. torrance of water rushed down the mountains unhindered and caused the river to burst its banks. the quarries were immediately identified as the cause, and it came in the wake of 2 previous ones in 2003 and in 2010. but this time residence expressed their rage in front of the town hall the the absurd response of the mayor at that time

escalated their anger even further. the town hall does not feel responsible for this flooding. the familiar was escorted away under police protection. president occupied the town hall for several weeks. the, the name on this. we are the 1st time the people felt responsible for the chorus and 70000 the car. they're the same for know the full no one saw the connection. it for young people, take them to live in the past and paint the waste from the chorus guy that acted a bit like sponges when it rained for the limits at the risk of saudi is off. today

they are no longer protection. they are a danger. if i thought a be still in any case, quarry owners like franco bar a teeny r, digging in their heels, claiming industrial marble production has priority show that there shows that i started out with nothing. i was the poor guy in the world, but also the rich, thanks to god. since i've always been healthy and motivated to study firing, no matter, nobody will ever take that away from me. nobody should not know me. i thought it. sure, nobody will take that away from me. i thought i'll step right over the dead body and see if she can dive. you're like i said, whoever misses with my word. oh, barry, he got me

faced with the obvious impotence of the authorities. sondra manfredi had no choice but to denounce the quarries, illegal practices, putting himself personally at risk in trouble. one day someone loosens my cars, wheels i call to mechanical, and it immediately became clear, it was no accident. he prepared an expert appraisal, and i filed charges for property damage and i need he survived the ordeal, but it could have been fatal. still, he persists, undeterred by fear or threats. on this evening, he is discussing a new campaign. i'm one of the names and all of that. we're planning a tour with my friend out there to order

a director and environmental activists in police. quarry is in the middle of a nature reserve. and we wants to protect the local floor of, you know, do money back to my breast, or heading off into the mountains here early in the morning that i know for stock, we'd like to sign and we're taking a back way through the lorazepam. so the workers don't see it when you throw in, but we'll have a good view of what's going on in the quarry from of above me. and my last name is janet the way the sun rises over the up one out. sandro and l berto always leave early in the morning. they have been monitoring the quarry workers for years because of the ground. also when it's nice here they are united by their love for nature and their fight to protect the afflicted

mountains. alberto father and grandfather worked in the quarries themselves to day . he photographs the excesses of the industry with thank you or they don't see the environmental activist is sent to testify in a case about this very quarry. to date, the owner has managed to escape the consequences of his actions. but people out of this quarry has an unusual story. it was actually supposed to be shut down. but after an appeal to easterly top administrative court, he was allowed to open it again. when you come into it, but he has to stole his waist on the premises, which is highly unusual. and i was actually commented for you can see the heaps

of crushed marbles from here that he did the legally he should actually be required to transport it down into the valley that he saw. the rest of the 2 men are searching for more evidence. this footage, taken a few months ago, clearly shows how the trucks are dumping waste in the middle of nature. but it's clear to sandra months, ready, why no one is penalizing them to come in to get that study owner of the quarry as a very well known, corrupt politician. he could always wriggle out of it, thanks to his connections and continue to work despite these violations. the one of the ship, them each other. since we've been working with cameras,

it's hard to cover up the violation coordinated and when you recognize film and report them, the authorities have to follow up on that makes any sense. or at least act like they're doing their job or feel that you find a lot of water in the why in my war, been the marble has shaped the local identity here since roman times is the negro, materially, a gift of nature, can only be found here we should emphasize that when no one wants to close the quarrel, rather, they should become environmentally friendly and socially and economically benefit from it. because we have never had that form that he took with me.

i saw joe that was done. so i said were coming change, it will only happen through a cultural revolution. this can all happen very quickly if politicians and the population pull together that in and i did it and i went to the quarry owners are unlikely to accept this chain that on your they will not give up a relatively high standard of living, just like that job, but i know there's no choice for 600 people can't keep on deciding the future of 150000 others. so on the, the, the

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