The assessment was carried out by the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology of the University's Clinical Centre in Gdańsk, its results were provided to BIEG 2012 which is responsible for the construction of the stadium in Gdańsk. It was confirmed in the assessment that remnants of rock mass did not contain any dangerous bacteria, including pseudomonas aeruginosa. "E coli bacteria are the most frequent, however, trace quantities do not pose any risk for the environment," Michał Kruszyński, company's spokesperson, advised.

The removal of the waste repository is scheduled to begin in the early July and will last until the end of August. The company's subcontractor, Wakoz, will complete the task which was also responsible for the works as part of the first stage of the construction of the Gdańsk stadium.

BIEG's authorities guarantee that the waste repository removal will not interfere with the schedule of the stadium's construction works.

Ryszard Trykosko, BIEG 2012's President, informed about finding the waste repository containing animal waste a few weeks ago.

"We inspected its contents and it turned out that it was not particularly dangerous to the environment. The repository contained waste including animal skin and fat that perhaps once belonged to a tannery. The repository was constructed in accordance with the construction art, however, it was not registered. It was excavated outside the region where the top deck of the stadium is to be erected and did not jeopardize the construction schedule," Ryszard Trykosko said back then.

A dozen or so days ago one of the nationwide dailies published the news to the effect that the waste repository contained, among others, potentially dangerous to human beings pseudomonas aeruginosa.

"After the waste repository was discovered both we and the constructor of the works requested tests to be carried out, including microbiological ones. No potentially dangerous bacteria were detected, however, trace quantities of bacteria were found in one of the samples under analysis. We decided to have the microbiological assessment carried out once again," Michał Kruszyński explained.

Source: PAP
Photograph: PL.2012