"Money clouds reason." Ryazan preservationists helped identify a 200-fold excess of a hazardous substance at the site of a future major construction project.
The benzopyrene content was exceeded by 210 times in the soil at the site of the former sleeper impregnation plant in Borki, in the city center. are going to build residential complex "Kolovrat the Great" for 4,6 thousand people. About this пишет Ryazan "Novaya Gazeta".
Activists from the local branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (VOOPIiK) took soil samples from the future construction site and submitted them to the Meshchera Scientific and Technical Center's environmental analysis laboratory for testing. They found off-the-charts levels of benzopyrene, a Class 1 hazard substance. The preservationists and Novaya Gazeta have obtained these results.
"After I broke off a piece of the soil I had taken and sniffed it, my tongue became covered in strange pimples.", — the deputy head of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (VOOPIiK) said about the “experiment” Igor Kochetkov.
Benzopyrene (C20H12) is a Class I chemical hazard that causes cancer and can penetrate the body through the skin, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, and placenta. In addition to being carcinogenic, benzo(a)pyrene is mutagenic, embryotoxic, and hematotoxic (causing structural and functional damage to the liver).
Kochetkov sent a letter to the new regional prosecutor, Dmitry Kodanev. In it, the urban preservationist described how the mayor's office violated the law when converting the land for residential development and attached soil test data.
Now the case is about transferring the industrial zone to lands for mid-rise development deals The Investigative Committee's findings are still unknown. However, neither the mayor's office nor the developer, Green Garden, have made any statements that construction will not proceed.
"Where was Rospotrebnadzor, Rosprirodnadzor? They shut down a toxic facility and that's it," "Money clouds reason..." reacted Ryazan residents.