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17 March 2007 [13:09] - Today.Az
Armenia's Akhtala Mining Combine discharged heavy and harmful effluents to the Debet and the Khram onward to the Kur after the accident.
Azerbaijan's ecological labs have been put on the alert in the regions of Kazakh and Beilagan during March 6-16 to analyze the river water and the chemicals let into the water. Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry told APA that the examination of the samples taken from the Khram, Kur, Tovuzchay, Aghstafachay Rivers and Aghstafa Water Reservoir showed that the water contains copper ions 6.2 times above the average, zinc substances are 1.2 times above the norm in the water of Khram River and 1.3 times more than the norm in the Kur River, 1.2 times more in Tovuzchay and 1.1 times in Aghstafachay. APA
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