Police inspect hazardous waste dump in Rogowiec after soil violations
Checks found excessive hydrocarbons in soil and temporary gas spikes in the air.
Police, prosecutors, court experts and other services carried out further inspections of a hazardous waste disposal site in Rogowiec in Poland.
The renewed on-site work is part of wider activities aimed at identifying how big the threat is from illegally stored substances and assessing their impact on the environment.
The examinations showed that the permissible content of hydrocarbons in the soil was exceeded.
Air monitoring also revealed local, temporary increases in concentrations of selected gases.
The teams conducted their latest measurements during another round of site observations, following earlier efforts to investigate the scale of the problem.
The investigation remains ongoing as authorities continue to assess the hazardous site and its environmental effects.
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Source:
Poland Police