When we visited the site, we saw what they meant. When we approached the confluence of the Getak and Debed rivers, a plant worker manning the pumping station tried to prevent us from taking pictures of the waste flow.
Evidently, plant management has failed to inform its employees about the dangers. But none of them were wearing any protective clothes anyway. So what’s the risk of ingesting some toxic beans or corn?
At noon on October 10, the waters of the Debed River in the Akhtala-Ayroum stretch were a greyish tint.
Hetq had pointed the finger at Metal Prince for secretly dumping waste by-products of the Akhtala Enrichment Combine directly into the Akhtala River, a tributary of the Debed River.
Locally picked blackberries may be hazardous to your health