Carcinogenic substances were found three kilometers from Hustopeče, this may pose a health risk

According to new analyses, mining contaminated soil at the site of the February accident of a tanker train with toxic benzene near Hustopečí nad Bečvou in the Přerov region is currently neither practical nor possible. Benzene evaporates from the soil too quickly and can endanger the health and lives of responding employees, said Petr Bejček, director of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (ČIŽP).

4 Apr 68 Office of Environmental and Pollution Control 1, Chiang Mai reported the results of the water quality measurement of Kok River, Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai Province, found heavy metal contamination. People who will go swimming should take care of their health and avoid using it. In the case of the Kok River in Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai Province, which is unusually cloudy and local people are concerned about using water for consumption…

Toxic benzene, which leaked at the end of February during a tanker accident in Hustopeče nad Bečvou in the Přerov region, will reach the Bečva River. It is only a matter of time before that happens, Ondřej Bábek, a geologist from the Faculty of Science at Palacký University, told ČTK. However, since it is relatively easily degradable by microbial activity, it can be degraded faster in well-oxygenated river water than in less oxygenated groundwat…

In one of the locations inspected in connection with the accident involving toxic benzene tankers in Hustopeče nad Bečvou, experts found an above-limit content of the polyaromatic hydrocarbon benzo(a)pyrene in agricultural soil. Exceeding the values of this highly carcinogenic substance can endanger the health of humans and animals. The location is almost three kilometers from the accident.

In one of the locations at risk of accidents involving tankers carrying toxic benzene in Hustopeče nad Bečvou, experts found above-limit levels of the polyaromatic hydrocarbon benzo(a)pyrene in agricultural soil. Exceeding the values of this highly carcinogenic substance can endanger the health of humans and animals.

Olomouc - Toxic benzene, which was leaked at the end of February in a tanker accident in Hustopeči nad Bečvou in the Přerov region, reaches the river Bečva. It is only a matter of time when it will be, said Ondřej Bábek, a geologist from the Faculty of Science of Palacký University, told ČTK. However, considering that it is relatively well degraded by microbial activity, it can degrade faster in well-oxygenated river water than in less oxygenate…