EcoLur
Mkhitar Arshakyan, Chemistry and Biology Teacher at Secondary School in Gndevaz Village, doesn’t know where and to which organization out-of-date chemicals should be given to. “At present I have such a huge amount of old chemicals in my laboratory and it’ isn’t so easy to get rid of them,” told Mkhitar Arshakyan to EcoLur. Under him, not only school in Gndevaz, but also all schools with chemistry labs have this problem. “In many schools all these chemicals were taken away when demolishing labs, but nobody knows where. It’s very possible these chemicals have been thrown away. But I haven’t done this and have no right to do it,” he said and outlined these chemical contain a huge amount of mercury and special maintenance conditions are needed.
Taking into consideration high toxicity of these chemicals and risks for environment and health, this problem must be solved by RA Science and Education Ministry, Nature Protection Ministry and Health Ministry.
April 18, 2011