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"Mr President, I will never forget the disturbing sight I once witnessed of dead fish in a river. It was a consequence of a fire and a discharge of hazardous substances.
We are living in a time where we have the knowledge and the skills to prevent such accidents with the best available technologies. We can also support safety with the use of powerful information technologies.
Are we sufficiently aware of all the ways in which we can prevent accidents? It is for this reason that I welcome this report and congratulate the rapporteur. It might be appropriate perhaps to flag up the clear impact of accidents on animal health.
Legislation by itself does not bring change for the better. We need to focus more energy on communication concerning prevention methods and emergency situations.
Inhaling vapours and aerosols containing hazardous substances may cause serious long-term consequences but, in the short term, we may not even notice them.
Environmental health, human and animal health, the health of nature, once lost is lost forever, and we will know it when we lose it. It is very difficult to restore something to its original condition once it comes into contact with harmful substances."@en1
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