QAJARAN, KAPAN – ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT UNDER DANGER

Panorama.am
20:58 25/11/2008

The experts are alarmed – ecological environment in Qajaran and
Kapan faces serious problems. Armen Saghatelyan the director of
an ecological research center said that hyper-toxic elements are
found in the dust. The source is found in the tailing dams, say the
experts. Note that before they were located in the city, after they
were recovered and became populated.

The experts have found mercury and cadmium, which are the most
dangerous ones in hard metals. "It was found out that those tailing
dams are being used to cultivate potato, beans, vegetables," said
A. Saghatelyan.

The experts have checked the milk of cows and found elements of
mercury, cadmium, arsenic in the milk. The Municipality of Qajaran
sent children to medical examination and it was found out that some
suffer from surpass of certain chemical hard metals.