Radioactive Mushrooms In Every House

Lukashenka abolished protective zone of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve.

The protective zone of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve to be opened. According to Lukashenka's press service, the ruler signed such decree. This means that it will be allowed to grow agricultural products, graze cattle close to the radioactive zone.

Decree No. 259 provides for the cancellation of the protective zone of the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, the abolition of its borders. The purpose is to remove restrictions on the use of land plots that are located on the territory of the protective zone.

It is reported that signs of radiation hazard will be placed directly within the reserve.

According to the Council of Ministers, this decree will facilitate the conduct of economic activities near the borders of the reserve.

The press service informed that all state bodies concerned have agreed on the decree.

It will not create obstacles to the legal regulation of relations, concerning the use of the territories adjacent to Polesie State Radioecological Reserve (PSRR), Lukashenka's press service informs.

The protective zone of the PSRR is a kilometer of lands from the borders of the reserve on the lands of Brahin, Naroulia, Khoiniki, Mozyr and Kalinkavichy districts. It is needed to prevent the spread of radionuclides outside the reserve. It was forbidden to hunt and sow crops in the protected zone, which can attract wild animals from the reserve.

The area of the Polesie Radioecological Reserve is now 216,093 hectares. It was created in the late 1980s, after the Chernobyl catastrophe. One third of the "Chernobyl heritage" that fell on the lands of Belarus is in these territories: 30% of cesium, 70% of strontium and 97% of plutonium.

Let us remind, that Lukashenka visited the Polesie Reserve in mid-June. Then the media reported, that some of the lands could be deprived of the status of Reserve for "more active usage in the economy." In conversation with journalists, several interlocutors immediately assumed that it could be lands of protective zone. Brahin and Naroulia claimed that they had interest in those lands.

At the same time, Deputy Chairman of the Naroulia District Executive Committee Dzmitry Maksimenka noted that there are lands in the protective zone with a radiation level exceeding 40 curies per square kilometer. People are forbidden to be there, such places are marked with signs of radiation hazard. However, there are areas with less pollution: from 1 to 5 curies (picking of mushrooms and berries is allowed with mandatory radiation control) and from 5 to 15 curies (picking of berries and mushrooms is prohibited, you can only walk in the forest).