Slovenj Gradec – After several farmers in the northern Koroško region unwittingly polluted their fields with white substance that turned out to be waste gypsum containing high levels of heavy metals, owners of plots who have not yet treated their fields with the substance have been ordered to remove heaps of gypsum from their land. Environment inspectors have established that the white substance deposited on farmland in the municipalities of Dravograd and Slovenj Gradec is waste gypsum likely originating in the glassmaking industry. Unlike lime, which farmers use to manage…
