Battery "King" for Brest Residents: Lead to Fall into the Pipe Again

The story how officials and businessmen "calm down" protesters near Brest.

"Lead is a heavy metal. If we assume that it can be released, it will fall into the pipe." Viktar Lemyasheuski, founder of "IPower", stated during the press conference on the construction of the battery factory near Brest. What are other ways to calm down locals? Read the report of greenbelarus.info.

On January 11, during the conference held in the FEZ "Brest", 14 officials and businessmen explained why there were no reasons to be concerned about the construction of the plant. It will be equipped with the modern robotic technique made in Europe and South Korea.

They cited Hanover as an example. It locates 200 meters away from the river and 500 meters away from apartment buildings. Only 100 meters lay between the plant in Zwickau and houses. In Poznan this distance equals only to 50 meters. In our case, the nearest settlement is 750 meters away.

Officials say that 3 kg of lead per year is a little thing. Moreover, the director of the entire battery business Viktar Lemyasheuski assures that he will not allow emissions beyond the area.

- You have things for fishing made of lead in your house. Do you worry about it? the director addressed journalists. -Lead is a heavy metal. If we assume that it can be released, it will fall into the pipe." It's not poplar fluff , it will fall into the pipe again. It is on the area, there will be no emissions beyond the area.

And he cited a personal example: "The laws on environmental protection are extremely harsh in Belarus, and the construction of the plant meets all environmental requirements. I come from Pinsk, my house locates 500 meters from the factory, I have children. Do I look bad, gentlemen? "

Of course, the plant could be built somewhere else.

- We took into consideration different sites - Lithuania, Russia, Belarus. If we chose those sites, this plant would work for the economy of the country. We are Belarusians, we come from the Brest region, so we chose this place, Viktar Lemyasheuski said.