Brest ecologists are worried
The construction of dwelling houses and a shopping and
leisure center is carried out actively in Brest, on the territory which was
used for unloading and interim storing of the uranic ore waste, brought from
the German Democratic Republic during the Soviet times.
Representatives of the civil association “Ekadom” consider this territory as
unsuitable for constructing houses and shopping centers, as several years ago
the level of radioactive Cesium and Strontium exceeded the norm by 80 times. After
the upper layer of the ground was removed and taken away the Brest authorities assured that there was no
danger. However, the ecologists doubt. One of them, Sviatlana Maksimuk, states
that radioactive dust which used to be part of the soil, is carried by wind and
can present danger for a long time.
