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According to the data of enterprise "Pivnychukrgeologiya" 95 % of habitable and industrial Kyiv area for state of soil cover can be regarded of weak or admissible pollution degree that is also dangerous because dangerous matters are in air, surface and underground waters.

5 % soils are between moderately-dangerous and extraordinarily-dangerous pollution degree. Pollution of these territories sometimes reaches 15 GDK (limit concentration).

Such allotments are registered in Dniprovskii, Vatutinskii, Darnitskii, Moskovskii regions, where big industrial enterprises are disposed and where high pollution levels of atmospheric air are observed. There are some ingredients in soils that are permanently fixed. They are mercury, lead, zinc, chrome, nickel, copper, barium, vanadium, tungsten, marganese. Especially a zinc contents exceeds a background level 22 times on the TETS-4 territory, 8.5 times on the territory of AT "Kyivguma",7 times on the territory of Aircraft factory.

Near the glass factory, "Radar " and ภา "Kyivguma" a lead contents exceeds background 3.5 times, copper contents - 3-5 times. A cadmium contents exeeding is marked in soil trials in ภาลส (4 times) region, ภา "Bilshovik" (3.6 times).

The serious exceeding of admissible mercury norms is fixed in region of wastes treatment DKZ "Energiya" and ภา "Radical".

 


 

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