In the Cherkasy region, against the backdrop of the African plague, a dangerous dump of waste from a meat processing plant has appeared
At a landfill near the village of Birlovka, Drabovsky district, Cherkasy region, local residents discovered a dump of waste from a meat processing plant.
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As Kirill Kosourov, head of the board of the Association of Enterprises in the Field of Hazardous Waste Management, said, such a “find” could cause chemical contamination of soil and water, and then become the causative agent of a massive infectious disease.
“The presence of pathogenic organisms in such waste can cause viral and parasitic diseases in people. Pathogens of various infectious diseases (causative agents of anthrax, gas gangrene, tetanus, botulism) can spread in the soil. Among the pathogenic microorganisms that temporarily reside in the soil, the predominant pathogens are intestinal infections (paratyphoid fever, typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera, salmonellosis, brucellosis, leptospirosis, tularemia, plague, whooping cough),” the expert said.
At the same time, according to him, some of these bacteria can remain in the soil for quite a long time.
“The causative agents of cholera, paratyphoid and typhus - up to 4 months, tularemia - up to 3 months, brucellosis - up to 6 months. The causative agents of tuberculosis, mycoses, diphtheria and leprosy remain viable from 3-4 weeks to 16 months,” emphasized Kirill Kosourov.
He also noted that human infection can occur both through food and through contact with contaminated soil.
“Usually, human infection occurs through contact with dead or sick animals through contaminated vegetables, through raw materials and products obtained from sick animals (milk, meat, wool), as well as through mucous membranes or damaged skin upon contact with contaminated soil. No less dangerous is the pollution of surface and groundwater when atmospheric precipitation filters through contaminated soil,” emphasized the head of the board of the Association of Enterprises in the Field of Hazardous Waste Management.
The police are trying to identify the owner of the animal waste, who, instead of recycling it, left it in a landfill.
Let us remind you that in early July an outbreak of African plague was recorded in the Cherkasy region.
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