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    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.
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