Yen Bai: "living death" because of the processing plant starch

Implementation of Government's decision, Yen Bai province has halted operations and processing facilities pollutants from plant starch processing, but the pollution is still going on, pressing in communities.
In recent days, reporters VTV group received the petition reflects hundreds of households in Yen Binh District, Yen Bai Province that many cassava processing factories in the area, which is directly Housing machine and Trade Co., Ltd. Investment Yen Binh, Yen Bai province are causing severe environmental pollution, seriously affecting the lives of people and production.

As reflected by many people, the waste water from the plant is not thoroughly treated not only seriously affect people's lives, but also made many transplanted rice area has died.

Environmental pollution due to the processing plant starch caused the Yen Binh district was held for many years. In 2010, Yen Bai province has idled for a number of production facilities, including processing plant cassava exports by Yen Binh and Trade Co., Ltd. Yen Binh Investment and management requirements this unit quickly complete wastewater treatment system.

Currently, the plant has been Project Clean Development Mechanism 2 million to support the construction of wastewater treatment systems. However, during the test operation, this system handles only about 70% of the waste water should have occurred to environmental pollution.

As can be seen, the environmental pollution in the processing plant starch is always controversial topic, because wastewater by cassava starch processing includes many organic chemicals, including inorganic toxic substances such as acids , cyanide ... polluting the environment, directly affecting public health. To handle radical environmental pollution in the processing plant starch in Yen Binh, requiring the authorities in Yen Bai to take measures quickly and thoroughly than in defining the responsibilities of units polluting the environment.