Avellino has opened a permanent technical table to examine cancer-incidence data in the city and across Irpinia, with the goal of turning shared analysis into a single proposal to the Campania Region.
The first meeting took place on 10 November 2026 in Avellino. It brought together local administrators, health authorities, the Moscati hospital, the Pascale Institute, and environmental and scientific associations.
The initiative is led by the Comune di Avellino. Deputy Mayor Anna D'Aliasi, who holds responsibility for the environment, called on participating municipalities to contribute proposals for a unified document to present to the regional government.
An interlocutory first meeting
Reporting describes the 10 November session as interlocutory — a starting point rather than a decision-making meeting.
Future sessions are expected to define concrete actions, a work calendar, and designated representatives for each participating body. The membership, timetable, funding, legal mandate, and measurable targets of the table have not yet been defined.
The proposed table is intended as a stable venue for analysis and coordination. Its planned work includes reviewing epidemiological and environmental data, coordinating municipalities with ARPA Campania and health authorities, and developing proposals on prevention, environmental monitoring, and public-health protection.
Background: Legambiente meeting and health data
The meeting followed earlier environmental and health discussions involving Legambiente Alveare Avellino and the Avellino municipality.
Legambiente had raised contamination sites and reported high percentages of neoplasms before the municipality convened the wider 10 November meeting. The reporting also refers to data from the local prosecutor's office and a report by the Istituto Superiore di Sanita.
The full ISS report was not available in the reporting reviewed here, so the underlying cancer-incidence figures cannot be independently checked from these sources. The reporting also does not establish a causal relationship between environmental contamination and cancer incidence.
Focus on Valle del Sabato and Solofra
Two areas received particular attention in the reporting: Valle del Sabato and Solofra.
They were identified as zones requiring closer follow-up, including discussion of screening and water-treatment interventions. No final decisions on those measures were reported from the first meeting.
What to watch next
For residents, the practical test will be what the table produces after this opening round:
- A work calendar and named representatives. Without designated participants and scheduled meetings, the table remains an intention rather than an instrument.
- A unified municipal document for the Region. D'Aliasi's proposal calls for contributions from all municipalities, but there is no evidence yet that the Campania Region has formally accepted or responded to the initiative.
- Published data and concrete prevention measures. The key questions are which epidemiological and environmental datasets will be shared, whether screening programs will be expanded, and what monitoring or remediation steps will be assigned to whom.
The next meetings will show whether Avellino's table moves from discussion to coordinated surveillance, prevention, and a credible regional proposal.
