Kostas Katsifarakis, a civil engineering professor at the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, told The Globe and Mail that the Skouries
project would far exceed the ecological carrying capacity of the region.
The construction of the open cast mine requires the deforestation of
an area greater than 2.5km in size. It is to be situated on the region’s
largest aquifer which generates considerable risks of ground and
surface water pollution with toxic cyanide and heavy metals used in or
produced by mining activities. Ore dust generated by the mine and its
tailing sites can be widely dispersed by air as well as water, and its
accumulation in living organisms can have severe health consequences due
to its high concentration of heavy metals.
http://www.theinternational.org/articles/455-protestors-against-gold-mining-in-greece
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