Pollution from industrial production is one of the global crises that is attracting increasing attention on the international agenda. A challenge for public health is represented by Contaminated Sites. In Italy, the most extensive Site of National Interest needing remediation is Casale Monferrato, where the production process of asbestos concrete in the premises of the Eternit plant has led to long-term environmental contamination. I have written this paper starting from my experience as a psychoanalyst working in Casale Monferrato in my capacity as an academic and Professor of Clinical Psychology. The aim of this paper is to describe the meaning to bring psychoanalysis to a Contaminated Site, and to outline the preconditions and peculiarities of a psychoanalytic intervention in such a context, together with the model of community care that I have developed based on my own experience.

The application of psychoanalysis in a Contaminated Site can help to develop a shared view between policy makers, oncologists, epidemiologists and mental health professionals that allows for the development of authentic interdisciplinary interventions that consider the relationship between behaviors and conducts on the one hand, and psychic life and specific models of mental functioning on the other.