Entry on the territory of the Missile Station PC-24

Entry on the territory of the Missile Station PC-24 1 km far from village Boleslavchik, Pervomaiskyi Region, Nikolaevska Oblast, photographed on Wednesday, August 23, 2000. At present solid-fuel missiles are installed on the territory of the station, till 1978 - liquid-fuel ones. Villages Chausovo-1, Michurino and Pidgurie are also not far from the Missile Station. According to the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Olga Babileva, the probable reason of the toxic dermatitis outburst in the Oblast - is the pollution of the region by the components of missile fuel, which occurred in the air and underground waters in the course of diggings of the burnt fuel. Condition for Monday, August 28, 2000 is as follows: 331 dweller of the Pervomaiskyi region, including 175 children are ill. Photo by Vitalyi Savitskyi/ UNIAN