Don't Eat Fish From Here. A Sewage Treatment Plant in the Pardubice Region Is Releasing a Record Amount of Eternal Chemicals
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On Thursday in Pardubice, the Arnika Association announced who is most involved in environmental pollution. The imaginary ranking is dominated by power plants from the Ústí nad Labem Region, followed by companies in the Moravian-Silesian Region, and in third place is the Pardubice Region with a mix of various harmful PFAS substances. These so-called eternal chemicals are released by companies in the Pardubice region.
According to ecologists, fish caught in the vicinity of Rybitví in the Pardubice region should not end up on your plate. The reason is the so-called eternal chemicals, substances capable of persisting in nature for many years. The local wastewater treatment plant reported a record 44 kilograms of them last year. Moreover, experts do not yet know where exactly the pollution comes from.
Last year, the amount of so-called eternal chemicals that the biological wastewater treatment plant in Rybitví near Pardubice discharges into the water increased sevenfold year-on-year. These substances hardly decompose in nature and can harm human health. It is not yet clear whether they come more from urban wastewater or from chemical plants. Jindřich Petrlík from the Arnika association told reporters.
The biological wastewater treatment plant in Rybitví near Pardubice released almost seven times more so-called eternal chemicals (PFAS) into the water last year. These substances almost do not decompose in nature and some can harm human health. It is not yet clear whether they come mainly from urban wastewater or from chemical plants. This was stated by representatives of the Arnika association, which published the rankings of the largest pollut…
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