90Relying, inter alia, on Case C-135/05 Commission v Italy [2007] ECR I-3475 and the judgment of 24 May 2007 in Case C-361/05 Commission v Spain, the Commission argues that it is undeniable that the waste littering the public roads or awaiting treatment at storage sites causes significant degradation of the environment and the landscape, and constitutes also a genuine threat both to the environment and to human health. Such piles of waste are in fact likely to cause contamination of the soil and aquifers, the release of pollutants into the atmosphere through the spontaneous combustion of waste and fires deliberately ignited by the local inhabitants, and the consequent pollution of agricultural produce and drinking water, not to mention foul-smelling emanations.
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