Mercury from a polluted industrial site in Siberia is posing a serious threat to public health and the environment. This is quiet similar to the Harbin leak in china where chemicals from a industry leaks into the soil and causes harm to the environment.More than 1,500 tonnes of metallic mercury from the former Ussolsky plant in the Baikal region have seeped into soil and local rivers but clean-up efforts are moving so slowly that they will take 1,000 years to complete at the current rate of progress.The pollution affects the nervous system, and is a problem for pregnant women and newborn babies. People complain of headaches, respiratory and intestinal diseases and hand tremors, and doctors are said to be growing increasingly concerned. Mercury exposure damages the central nervous system and kidneys, creating personality changes, hallucinations, sleep difficulties, irritability, headaches and memory loss.
conclusion: the authorities are to be blames for this. if the polutants have been stored and cared for carefully the sippage would not have occured.
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