Ecological damage alone from the collapse of the dam will be more than $1.5 billion, Ukraine officials say as they warn of health risks.
, laying bare environmental destruction as well as the risk of catastrophic health problems for the downstream population.in its southern region will be more than 55 billion hryvnia , although the consequences have just started to unfold, Ukraine’s environment ministry said on Saturday. Ukraine’s border guard warned of a toxic “garbage dump” flowing into the Black Sea.
The immediate health risks to the population include the potentially unchecked spread of disease as human cemeteries and areas of animal burials were submerged. “When people return home, and once the floods have receded, they will possibly go back to using water sources that used to be clean but are now contaminated,” Olivia Mary Headon, from the International Organization for Migration in Ukraine, told the UK Telegraph. “The flooding has brought different contaminants like dead fish, dead animals, and other toxic substances.”
Zelenskiy, who visited the region on Thursday, called contamination of the Black Sea, a vast body of water that borders six countries, a global problem.
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