TOXIC ELEMENTS IN LAKE SEVAN EXCEEDING MPC

02:41 PM | TODAY | SOCIAL

Heavy metals and toxic elements in Lake Sevan exceed the maximum
permissible concentration. “Environmental Impact Monitoring Center”
SNCO took 18 samples from 5 observation sites in lake Sevan in
December 2012. It turns out, under fish-economic assessment norms,
in the samples taken from Lake Sevan ammonium ion exceeded MPC by
1.1-1.9 times, magnesium – 1.2 – 1.4, vanadium – 5.4-5.9, chrome –
1.3-2.0, copper – 1.1, and selenium – 1.8-2.0., EcoLur reports.