Prado and Heliconia are contaminated by Guacal
11.10.2013 14:31
The inhabitants of the district of Medellin, San Antonio de Prado, denounced the regional media collection vehicles garbage pollute the streets of the main park where leachate dropped en route to the landfill The Guacal which is located in the Heliconia township .
According to the European company Compostadores, leachate are the result of degradation of organic material with a high concentration of mineral salts and other derivatives side. Remove latex, phenolic substances and quinones own oxidation of these materials, which are toxic to worms.
To this must be added that these liquids are polluting water sources born on top of the mountain, which are contiguous to Guacal and strongly affecting the ecosystem. The inhabitants of the town of Heliconia comment that has reduced the population of birds in the village and that the worst is yet to come, because we have just passed 20 years eight estimated duration of the landfill. " If the environmental authorities do nothing to these people, we will be left without animals and exposing our lives," said Daniel Gallego, resident of Heliconia.