ah - the joys of an unregulated market!!

from http://russiatoday.com/features/news/30486:

Large-scale construction work is in full swing near the burial sites of anthrax-infected animals, which were disposed of a century ago.

"This cemetery dates from 1882. Fifteen years ago the construction of summer houses started near it, expanding the village. Although the safety zone is one kilometre away from the cemetery, every house drills a well," Sharapov said.

The diseased animals were usually burnt and buried two metres deep. But the spores of anthrax can live in the soil for decades. If mixed with dust they can be inhaled by humans and animals. But the fact doesn't seem to bother Russia's rich, who are ready to pay up to $US 300,000 an acre at what has become Moscow's Riviera.

Tver's veterinary authority says it didn't give its approval for building projects in the area.

Amazing how some people demand freedom then get carried away with greed. It's too bad others have to suffer for it though.