PlusTrash Collectors Fight Buries City in TrashTrash Collectors Fight Buries City in TrashThe Associated PressAngry residents have attacked firefighters who tried to extinguish blazing garbage. The fires were set by residents fed up by the prolonged the trash collection emergency in the southern Italian city of Naples. (May 19)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] PEOPLE ARE TURNING THEIR NOSES UP - IN NAPLES, ITALY. THEY'RE NOT BEING SNOBBISH. THEY'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE STENCH OF TONS OF GARBAGE IN THE STREETS.TRASH COLLECTORS STOPPED PICKING UP GARBAGE IN DECEMBER - SAYING THAT THE DUMPS ARE FULL. PROTESTORS ARE WORRIED ABOUT HEALTH RISKS AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT ATTEMPTS TO CONTRUCT NEW DUMPS.WHILE FRUSTRATED NEOPOLITANS WADE THROUGH KNEE-HIGH TRASH, TOURISTS ARE CANCELING RESERVATIONS AND CHECKING OUT EARLY. THIS MAN SAYS THERE'S POISON EVERYWHERE.ANGRY RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO ILLEGALLY DUMP TRASH IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND BURN GARBAGE IN THE STREETS. SOME OF THE FIRE CREWS WHO TO PUT OUT THE FIRES SAY THAT RESIDENTS ARE ATTACKING THEM - JUST FOR DOING THEIR JOB.AS SUMMER APPROACHES AND THE WEATHER HEATS UP - OFFICIALS WORRY ABOUT RAT AND ROACH INFESTATIONS. THE U.S. NAVY IS TESTING AIR, SOIL AND WATER QUALITY FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO ASTHMA, CANCER, AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.THE GOVERNMENT blames the infiltration of the MOB IN TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES.ITALY'S PREMIER SAYS HE INTENDS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND WILL HOLD HIS NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST CABINET MEETINGS IN NAPLES THIS WEEK. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) (ANCHOR VOICE: EDonahue-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: nyia------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE:APTN--------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: EFreeland------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: no access italy----------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:AP------------------------------------)
