Word: lazzaretti
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Already accustomed to smoke from the factories that have sprung up in the region in the last decade, nearby townspeople at first paid little attention to the white chemical cloud. But they could not ignore it for long. "The wind carried it here," recalls Vinicio Lazzaretti of the small town of San Pietro. "I couldn't breathe. It made my eyes water. The next day all the leaves and plants and flowers were riddled with small holes, as if they had been struck with tiny hailstones." Within a few days, household pets in the area started to bleed...
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