The sourceof contamination - an 80, 000-kg batch of fat that a Belgium company sold to feed mills supplying European farms - did not only contain dioxin.
Tourism is creating other problems for the local environment, too, including increased population density, over-dependence on wood as a fuel and construction source and the overgrazing and cutting of mountain slopes to feed livestock.
But much of the cynicism is centered on corn-based ethanol that some consider not just an inefficient fuel source but also one that also creates food shortages, driving up the cost offeed for livestock producers.