Sand from dikes enclosing burials of harmful substances is sold in occupied Crimea.
The RG newspaper informs about that.
Production wastes of the Kamysh-Burunskyi iron-ore plant have been buried in repositories of Eastern Crimea. Today, there are thousands of tons of iron-ore production sludge accumulated on the area, which is larger than several football fields. To prevent the sea water and soil pollution by harmful substances, in the Soviet time, the burial was surrounded by a wide sand dike, which is taken to pieces now.
“There was a small ditch two years ago, but now thousands of tons are taken out, the dike is mostly destroyed. Law enforcement and environmental agencies don’t respond on this fact,” the local activist Dmitry Mironov told reporters.
According to him, more than 100 meters of the dike about 30 m wide and the same height disappeared. The sand is taken out by KAMAZ vehicles. A ton costs from 1200 to 1500 rubles.
“We don’t know where exactly it is sold, so the sand can be even on playgrounds. The sludge may contain radioactive components and there is a risk that contaminated wastes will be present in the sea water,” the activist sums up.
