EcoLur
A number of bird species have been eliminated due to pesticide spreading with airplanes against mosquitoes in Arpa Gorge. Mkhitar Arshakyan, Chemistry and Biology Teacher at Gndevaz Village Secondary School, spoke about this in his interview with “EcoLur.” According to him, the spreading of pesticides was stopped for 12-13 years, and birds again started twittering in the gorge, but last year spreading was again launched. “One year ago the airplane again started spreading pesticides and birds started disappearing because of the poison and food shortage I have myself eye witnessed dead birds and a fox.”
In 2010, the Hayots Ashkharh newspaper published an article, which said Vayots Dzor Municipality had allocated around 20 million AMD to take measures for mosquito elimination in the surroundings of Jermuk. This program was implemented by “Vayots Dzor Regional Expertise Center of Hygiene and Antiepidemic Inspection of Health Ministry” SNCO. The fight against mosquitoes was implemented both in chemical and biological manners without having any proper permissions for them. Different insecticides were used such as Cypermethrin, Solphak, Alphakrone and Chlorophos, pesticides, petroleum, diesel and oil, meanwhile the use of Chlorophos pesticide is banned in Armenia.
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August 01, 2011 at 12:16