"The Price of Oil": Environmental Pollution in the Okhtyr Region

Sumy Television. The program "The Price of Oil" from April 15, 2006 is devoted to environmental problems due to oil production in the Okhtyr Region.

On the video: oil wells, equipment from different angles; spent radioactive pipes in the village of Khukhra; water pollution problems, wells and dirty drinking water; local residents complain about pollution; comments from specialists on the causes of pollution.

Comments: Head of the Okhtyr District State Administration Ihor Sharai; Chairman of the Board of ZAO "Zorya" Oleksiy Taranukha; Deputy of the Okhtyr District Council Volodymyr Garanzha; Head of the Hematology Department of the Sumy Regional Children's Hospital Liana Nikitenko.

Author — Raisa Stoyan.