‘Blackened feet and potential poisonings’ Russia’s oil-polluted Black Sea beaches haven’t stopped regional officials from welcoming vacationers
‘Blackened feet and potential poisonings’ Russia’s oil-polluted Black Sea beaches haven’t stopped regional officials from welcoming vacationers
meduza.io ‘Blackened feet and potential poisonings’ Russia’s oil-polluted Black Sea beaches haven’t stopped regional officials from welcoming vacationers — Meduza
Russia’s Black Sea beaches in Anapa have been declared unfit for swimming following last December’s oil spill in the Kerch Strait. Four months on, oil continues to wash ashore, and piles of contaminated sand lie exposed outside the city — even as children are sent to summer camps and officials prepa...
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The facility claims that the sand on its beach is “clean enough.” Another resort in the village of Vityazevo, near Anapa, is preparing to receive children with respiratory conditions. Treatment guidelines call for swimming in the sea.