Environmental disaster in Ukraine, the expert: “There is a risk of tumors and genetic damage”

“We will understand the extent of the disaster only later, but if the oil reaches the Black Sea there is a risk of strong long-term impacts such as the onset of forms of cancer and genetic mutations in species”. Ezio Amato is responsible for Cre-Ema, the Ispra area for environmental emergencies at sea. His department’s team has previously been dispatched to some of the worst environmental disasters related to oil and gas spills, from the Bahamas to Sri Lanka.