Deputies of the legislative assembly of the Sverdlovsk region asked the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexei Kuznetsov to comment on the situation with the construction of a plant for the processing of antimony concentrate in Asbestos.

Initially, the project was planned to be implemented in Degtyarsk, but later changed the city to Asbestos. Impact of public opinion.

"Residents oppose this project, the conflict has ripened. What can you say about this?

", - the deputy Evgenie Zyablitsev has addressed to the minister.

Communist Alexander Ladygin added that poisons will be used in the production, but no compensation is being paid for residents for poisoning the soil.

Kuznetsov hinted that it was too early to talk about negative consequences:.

"There is still no factory. The project passed state and ecological examination. And cyan leaching is successfully used in the field without soil contamination. While my answer is ".