Garen Mouths Off
Teghut Tailings Travesty; Glendale Gas Grift; More Mining Mania
Surprise, surprise, surprise… Not!
I was shocked, shocked, to learn from a very brief news item a few days ago of a breach in the Teghut (Teghout/Teghoud) copper and molybdenum mine’s tailings* pond, resulting in the toxic liquids' retained therein flowing into the Teghut River, thence to the Shnogh, and on to the Debed (Tepet) rivers. I’m still hoping this is not true, since it has not been widely reported as of this writing, but my guts tell me it is all too real.
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Thank you Garen for bringing attention to Diasporans the devastating effects of unregulated and un-monitored mining in Armenia. We all visit it and think we eat and drink the clean fruits and water of homeland. Yet the cases of birth defects, infertility and cancer are significantly on the rise. I suggest you read more at http://www.armecofront.net/en/ Environmental activists have raised the alarm since 2010 but who listens and who complains to the government or when officials come to visit US why don’t we tell them that we are so concerned and shocked?!
To add to the discussion there is also GMO imported in Armenia http://www.aravot-en.am/2018/01/26/206798/
The news about Teghut is certainly true, and there are videos proving the leak (http://www.armecofront.net/en/news/what-is-going-on-at-teghut-mine-video/). There are many other problems, too. The most recent information is that the Teghut factory stopped operating and all the workers are notified that they will be fired in 2 months. ALL of this was expected, predicted and warned about by the environmental community and independent experts for years before opening the mine in Teghut. I think at this moment it is very important to learn from this experience and put much efforts to demand final closure of the mine and recultivation of the land with the MONEY of Vallex – the mining company. It is also very important to mobilize and do everything we can for not allowing Amulsar gold project to begin. And another bad news is that now some people want to sell Armenia for oil and gas; I hope some of us in Toronto can speak very loudly against this https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oil-in-armenia-tickets-42884791566