DEDENEVO, Russia -- Some 300 protesters from settlements near Moscow picketed the district government building on September7 to demand the closure of a dump they say is polluting the environment, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
The protesters, who live near the town of Dedenevo, want local officials to shut down the Dmitrov dump and to reverse their decision to build a facility nearby that would burn waste.
The Dmitrov dump was used until 1991 to bury military waste. But since 1996 the site has been used by Moscow city authorities as a regular garbage dump.
The demonstrators say the level of lead in the local Ikshanka River -- a tributary of the Moskva River -- is eight times above safe levels and the soil and groundwater have been contaminated by excessive amounts of oil and metal-based waste.
The Moskva River flows through the center of Moscow.
Dedenevo has about 6,600 people and is situated about 15 kilometers north of Moscow.
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The protesters, who live near the town of Dedenevo, want local officials to shut down the Dmitrov dump and to reverse their decision to build a facility nearby that would burn waste.
The Dmitrov dump was used until 1991 to bury military waste. But since 1996 the site has been used by Moscow city authorities as a regular garbage dump.
The demonstrators say the level of lead in the local Ikshanka River -- a tributary of the Moskva River -- is eight times above safe levels and the soil and groundwater have been contaminated by excessive amounts of oil and metal-based waste.
The Moskva River flows through the center of Moscow.
Dedenevo has about 6,600 people and is situated about 15 kilometers north of Moscow.
Read more in Russian here