Environmental issues Negev

campus of midreshet ben gurion

in 2005, tel aviv municipality accused of dumping waste in negev @ dudaim dump. manufacturers association of israel established authority in 2005 move 60 industrial enterprises active in tel aviv region negev.

in 1979, ramat hovav toxic waste facility established in wadi el-na because area perceived invulnerable leakage. however, within decade, cracks found in rock beneath ramat hovav. in 2004, israeli ministry of health released ben gurion university research findings describing health problems in 20 km vicinity of ramat hovav. study, funded in large part ramat hovav, found higher rates of cancer , mortality 350,000 people in area. prematurely released media unknown source, preliminary study publicly discredited; however, final conclusions – bedouin , jewish residents near ramat hovav more susceptible rest of population miscarriages, severe birth defects, , respiratory diseases – passed peer review several months later.