The Health Ministry announced today that it will raise its allocation for anti-pollution drives throughout the country to $14 million in the next fiscal year beginning April 1, four times the amount currently being spent for that purpose. Health Minister Victor Shemtov told the Knesset that an outlay of $17.5 million was foreseen for the 1972-73 fiscal year. Alexander Donagi, the Health Ministry’s chief anti-pollution engineer, charged before the Knesset public service committee today that not one of Israel’s 35,000 industrial plants has ever been checked for environmental pollution. The committee is discussing anti-pollution measures recommended by an American expert several months ago.
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