Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Italy: Town bans pizza-making over soaring pollution
Pizza and air pollution? Sounds like an unlikely match, doesn’t it?
Actually, if pizza is baked in a wood-fired stove, the most traditional and
common method in Italy, it surely pollutes the air around while stimulating the
appetite of the diners. That’s not new. It has been that way for long. But all
of a sudden, the mayor of an Italian city, San Vitaliano near Napoli, issued an
order to the bakeries and pizzerias in town to stop using such ovens unless
special filters are installed to reduce air pollution.
Is air in the town so bad? It seems so. According to local newspaper
the quality of air in the town is even worse than the one of Beijing.
Is the cause of the pollution really pizza baking? Bakers are upset and
protested against this order which could fine them as much as 1,000 euros.
The police will be busier checking bakeries and pizzerias. (They may also
taste the pizza as well. Why not?)
Diners may lose temptation to eat freshly baked pizza if it fumes less in
the pizzeria.
Makers, sellers and installers of the special air filters must be
delighted to see this order is strictly and widely enfored.
Enjoy reading and thinking how this order affect the tradition and
pollution in the town.
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