Ridding Moldovan communities of toxic chemicals (Inglés)

This Results Profile talks about ridding Moldovan communities of toxic chemicals. Vulcanesti is a small rural community in southern Moldova with an electrical substation that once transferred massive amounts of electricity along the Soviet grid. Derelict...  Vea más + This Results Profile talks about ridding Moldovan communities of toxic chemicals. Vulcanesti is a small rural community in southern Moldova with an electrical substation that once transferred massive amounts of electricity along the Soviet grid. Derelict equipment from the Soviet times lied scattered around the electricity station that still manages the transit of electricity towards south-eastern Europe. The disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, an extremely toxic Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP), was long neglected. The incidence of cancer was high in the vicinity of the electricity plant, a fact attributed to POPs contamination of soil and water. Communities around Vulcanesti have struggled with this problem. And Moldova has struggled with the cleanup of sites and other areas polluted by chemical used in pesticides or weapons. The World Bank has helped set up a national framework for control and elimination of POPs and has supported the creation of a regulatory system to oversee the management of POPs and other toxic chemicals and wastes. With funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other donors, a cleanup project supported by the World Bank tackled the chemicals and polluted equipment at Vulcanesti and other sites. Vulcanesti was once a dumping ground for toxic pollutants where human beings could not venture without wearing a breathing mask is now a placid field where you can smell blooms on rows of newly planted trees  Ver menos -

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