Zambia rejects the American health warning after the poisonous spill in the copper mining area in Kitoy

The Zambian government rejected the demands of dangerous pollution in the Copperbelt mining area, after concerns related to the safety raised by the American embassy.

On Wednesday, the American embassy issued a health alert, as it requested immediate withdrawal of its employees in the city of Kitoy and the nearby areas due to fears of “widespread water pollution and soil” associated with the February Success in the Chinese mine in the Chinese regions.

The spill occurred when the waste dam, which was used to store toxic waste and heavy minerals, collapsed in the Kafue River, the main drinking water source, after heavy rains.

The American embassy said that there is new information that showed “the extent of dangerous substances and cancer.

I have warned that outside “polluted water and soil, pollutants may become from the waste of the spoiled mines, which pose a healthy threat if it is inhaled.”

“The laboratory results show that the pH levels have returned to normal” in the region and the water was safe to drink, “Kornellius Moto, spokesman for the Zambia government, replied.

MWEETWA said that there are no longer any serious health effects, water safety, agriculture, or the environment.

“Therefore, there is absolutely no need to pressure the” panic button “today to warn the nation and the international community.”

Sino-metals Leach Zambia Mine is a subsidiary of the non-kinetic mineral mining group, owned by the Chinese government.

The BBC has asked Chinese minerals to comment.

At the time of the spill, Sino-Meetals pledged to compensate for affected societies and restore the environment.

The effect of spill on water life as well as farmers who use water to irrigate their crops.

Green Economy Minister Mike Mbosha said that the government has been proactive since February and continued to modernize the public, while the affected societies were compensated.

The Minister of Water Development Collins Nizovo said the government is constantly testing water, and that it meets the standards of the World Health Organization.

The leader of the Green Party, opposition, Peter, Bonda, said that the health alert of the American embassy was part of political geography.

He asked why the embassy took it since February to issue the alert, while accusing him of calmness in poisoning with bullets in the center of Zambia, which is partially tracked to Western mining giants.

The Executive Director of the Justice Center in the Justice Environment, Maggie Mabalo Mawabi, told the BBC that pollution was a national catastrophe that requires immediate and tangible procedures to alleviate its effects and prevent future events.

She called for decisive measures to address this environmental crisis and protect the rights and welfare of Zambian citizens.