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    NEW ECOLOGIC THREAT HANGS OVER ARMENIAN TOWN OF ALAVERDI

    ArmInfo
    2010-10-15 15:04:00

    ArmInfo. A new threat hanged over the Armenian town of Alaverdi,
    the ecology of which is in a deplorable state.

    According to Head of OSCE grant programme Larisa Paremuzyan, Alaverdi
    copper plant intends to transfer the pipeline to Koshaberd, as a result
    of which new regions within a radius of 2,5 km will be affected by
    emissions. These regions include Lalvar forest, as well as Odzun and
    Haghpat settlements.

    "I think that transfer of the pipeline just imitates the plant's
    management concern over the ecology issues", L. Paremuzyan told
    ArmInfo.

    According to the report "Geo Alaverdi - environment and town
    development", Alaverdi plant annually discharges 25,000 tons of
    sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. The soil within the radius
    of 3 km from the enterprise is contaminated with heavy metals, the
    concentration of which exceeds the maximum allowable rates from 20
    to 40 times. For example, copper concentration exceeds the maximum
    permissible concentration 32,3 times, and concentration of lead -
    16,0 times. Moreover, the soil is contaminated with such elements as
    mercury, arsenic, molybdenum and nickel.

    According to the town residents, the plant's emissions in cloudy and
    windy weather fall on the town. Moreover, this fog has its specific
    smell of hydrogen sulfide, sulphur dioxide and natural gas, which
    is used in production. According to specialists' estimates, just
    the industrial and photochemical smog is the most aggressive for
    people's breathing passages. Increase of NO2 gas (nitrogen dioxide)
    and SO2 (sulphur dioxide) in the atmosphere affects morbidity with
    bronchial asthma.




    From: A. Papazian
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