"Ancient Italian artefacts get the blues
Scientists accuse officials of neglect as chemicals discolour stored relics."
Reid Ferring, a geologist and archaeologist at the University of North Texas in Denton, says he signed the petition because he finds it "devastating that the collection with such a high scientific value has been damaged". He points out that Verona is a World Heritage Site. "You would think they would have paid better attention to their historic collections."
Reid Ferring, geologo e archeologo all'universita' del North Texas a Denton, dice di avere firmato la petizione perche' "e' devastante che una collezzione di tale valore scientifico sia stata danneggiata. Ferring fa notare che Verona e' iscritto nella Lista del Patrimonio Mondiale UNESCO. "Dovrebbero avere maggiore attenzione per le loro collezioni storiche".
Nature 466, 306-307 (2010)
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