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    ENVIRONMENTALISTS DRAW ARMENIAN HEALTH MINISTER'S ATTENTION TO TOXIC VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

    arminfo
    Friday, July 1, 23:29

    Scholars and environmentalists raised many times the signal alarm
    about hard ecological situation in Lori and Syunik Regions. EcoLur
    has sent a request to Health Minister Harutyun Qushkyan to react to
    this situation.

    The request particularly says: "Director of the Center for Ecological
    Noosphere Studies of NAS RA Armen Saghatelyan publicly stated that
    the genofond of the nation is at stake: In Alaverdi, in the soil of
    Neghots and Qarkop Villages ultrahigh content of heavy metals have been
    detected in the grown vegetables and forest fruits, including toxic
    elements, such as mercury, cadmium and arsenic which are oncogene
    and pose great danger for the health of the population. The samples
    of the soil from Alaverdi contain copper, zinc and arsenic in higher
    concentrations that the maximum permissible concentration."

    The same situation is in Syunik Region. According to Armen Saghatelyan,
    there are no agricultural products in orchards - fruit, vegetables,
    greens which were not intoxicated with toxic elements such as cadmium,
    arsenic and mercury. Saghatelyan is sure there will be no healthy
    children born in Syunik after two generations.

    Dear Mr. Minister, we would like to ask you to inform what kind of
    measures Health Ministry takes to reveal the risks for people's health
    who live in ecologically polluted zones in Lori and Syunik."

    -Whether the Ministry is informed about the results of studies
    conducted by the Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies of NAS RA
    in Qajaran, Kapan, Alaverdi, Akhtala and adjacent communities?

    -Whether the Health Ministry conducts its own studies about the health
    of the population who live in ecologically hot spots?

    -We would like to ask to present data about the dynamics of change
    in the indicator for cancer diseases for the population in Lori and
    Syunik regions.

    -What kind of measures Health Ministry takes in Lori and Syunik
    Regions so as to prevent the negative impact of mining industry on
    people's health?"

    Whether Health Minister Harutyun Qushkyan Knows People in Syunik and
    Lori Jeopardize Their Health and Health of Their Future Generations?".



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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