LAKE FOR MINISTER, RESERVOIR OF POLLUTANTS FOR EVERYONE ELSE
Lragir.am
06-11-2007 13:07:00
How is the lake described by the minister of trade and development
of economy Nerses Yeritsyan going to appear after the production of
minerals in Teghut, which is going to attract tourists to Teghut? The
president of the Union of Greens Hakob Sanasaryan spoke about
this problem on November 6 at the National Press Club. "Filtration
increases, the water balance is broken, water flows into this cavity
from all parts," Hakob Sanasaryan says. But this water is polluted
with heavy metals, because as soon as you operate the mine, it starts
oxidizing. "Mines exist for millions of years, and pose no threat to
people living there. Even near uranium mines.
But as soon as you operate them, it starts oxidizing, and when these
substances become active, they become dangerous. These pollutants
get into water, polluting underground waters and artesian waters,"
says the environmentalist.