Chilean Chamber of Deputies agreed on naming odour as a pollutant

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   A week ago, the deputies of the Chamber of Chile approved the introduction of some amendments on the current text of the Chilean general Environmental regulation. The core of the amendment is focused on the introduction of "odour" as an environmental pollutant within this regulation.

   After a procedural discussion in which several deputies took part, this motion was carried by 124 votes in favour, 29 against and 2 abstentions.

   This amendment will include a definition on objectionable odours and it will force to the environmental regulators to consider this important environmental vector any time that an activity or project is being developed.

   Read more about this initiative here.

 

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Carlos Nietzsche Diaz Jimenez

Carlos is the editor-chief of olores.org and has been in the odour world since 2001. Since then, Carlos has attended over 90 conferences in odour management, both national and international and authored a few papers on the subject. He has also organized a few international meetings and courses. Carlos owns a small company named Ambiente et Odora (AEO). He spends his free time with his wife and his twins, Laura and Daniel, and of course, writing on olores.org.