#OkhchuchayRiver has for decades been contaminated by toxic discharges from industrial facilities in #Armenia, including Gajaran Copper-Molybdenum Plant and Gafan Ore Refinery. These deadly discharges pollute the largest waterways in the Caucasus.
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Contamination of #OkhchuchayRiver by #Armenia destroys the already vulnerable environment of the Caucasus. Waste from industrial plants in Gafan and Gajaran is poisoning people, killing fish and spreading further into the region’s waters.
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Tests of #OkhchuchayRiver have revealed dangerously high concentrations of copper, molybdenum, manganese, iron, zinc, chromium and other heavy metals in the water. The poisoning of people and the environment must stop now.
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#Armenia must shut down Gafan and Gajaran plants that pollute #OkhchuchayRiver and join the #Helsinki Convention on Transboundary Watercourses. Dangerous volumes of heavy metals are dumped into the largest river system in the South Caucasus.
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Decades of contamination of #OkhchuchayRiver with high levels of copper, molybdenum, manganese, iron, zinc, chromium waste from Gafan and Gajaran plants in #Armenia has made it poisonous for humans, fish and plants.
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