OPINIONS

Assessment Panel on exposure Dow x All
What does the Panel on the safety torches?
What issues of concern to members of the Panel?
What do the members of the Panel about smells?

Assessment Panel on exposure Dow x All

Here are some views of members of the Panel on this exhibition:

"The initiative to celebrate forty years has been successful. Now is time to reflect on the fiftieth anniversary .."

"What was lacking, in my opinion, a large screen showing the film scene or a short video related to the manufacturing process, the physical location of the company, new plants built in Tarragona, Tarragona situation against Dow to other company plants, etc. ".

"I think the initiative has been good. With the occasion of celebrating 40 years of the DOW in Tarragona has been the opportunity to connect with citizens. Tarragona I found people who have seen the exhibition and said he was interested enough. I think the publicity is done through the media has been good and this has made it easier for people out.

"In terms of content, I found it very instructive and clear. The thematic treatment has helped a lot. I found it very interesting that will be scheduled tours, aimed at different sectors of society, but I find it especially important that have targeted students, our young age of formation.

As to the place, has the advantage of a large space, but I always thought that the Palace of Congresses is a little desavinent for exhibitions. For me, the ideal is the Rambla Nova. "

"From the discussion seems a clever initiative by Dow to show the applications very present in people's daily life. The message is clear: comfort versus uímica well not live without the chemical. That said what I reoccupy more all I saw is the amount of waste that can be generated from the products they were exposed, especially wrappers and containers and the amount of energy that are built by construction. What makes the search for DOW in manufacturing biodegradable products and reduce the amount of energy needed to manufacture them? Recycling has a very high energy cost "

What does the Panel on the safety torches?

Panel members, the majority believe that:

Safety Flares are one of the facilities of the chemical produced more alarm among the population: the spectacle of the flames, the noise, smoke, because of the distance from which you are ....

It would make an effort to explain to people that flares are safety features.

It would be highly recommended that companies report, whenever possible, on the possibility that the activities planned episodes occur torches.

What issues of concern to members of the Panel?

About security:
- Pollution
- Segurity
- What does the administration to provide emergency

About the company:
- What does the firm to society
- Products and Investments

About the community:
- omplete the Panel's website to publicize our activities.
- Know what the other panels (BASF, BAYER, AEQT).
- What does AEQT
- Know the thesis of environmental groups.

Other concerns::

- Experience "in situ", visiting a chemical plant to have direct its operation.
- Industry-Tourism, invite someone from the tourism sector for us to explain your point of view.
- What is the Reach regulations of the EEC and what influence will the chemical industry.
- Safety by terrorist attacks. What measures are there?

What do the members of the Panel about smells?

During a meeting of the Panel Public Dow, the members present wanted to express their views on the various and repeated episodes of odors identified in the area of ??the city of Tarragona.

From the opinions collected can provide the following concerns and comments:

In general, all participants have "suffered" sometime and somewhere odor episodes, although with notable differences depending on where you locate your home. Identify, San Salvador, La Pobla de Mafumet, Eroski area and the road from where it is most common Pineda presence of unpleasant odors.

Representatives who live in San Salvador and La Pobla say to them is most annoying noise and vibration that causes the torch odors.

It is widely believed that these odors come from the chemical industry.

Of more concern is the ignorance about the nature and source of nuisance odors that plague concrete.

That is what is most annoying is the lack of information. If no response is given the mistrust.

Given the comments of some members of the company that it is very difficult to identify and locate the source of most episodes of bad smells, it is stated that should make the effort to improve the technologies needed to solve this problem.

In the event that these odors were not responsible for the chemical companies, as often can happen, is also highly recommended that the industry demands to the authorities concerned to explain, if these episodes are generated in the Port, in the sewage treatment or wherever. Ultimately if the perception of the social is that the guilt / responsibility is chemistry, this sector is the main beneficiary of the information to be provided.

Mostly members of the Advisory Panel Public Dow report that is necessary to improve the public information about these incidents, first by a respect for the citizens who are suffering and also for corporate strategy that would enhance their credibility and help generate trust among the population.