Law enforcement agencies of the Volyn region are conducting an investigation into the fact of the spill of about 100 g of mercury by a 9th-grade student in a secondary school in the urban-type settlement of Shatsk on March 10. This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Ukraine for Emergency Situations. \n \nOn the day of the spill, the mercury was collected by school employees. Specialists of the regional sanitary-epidemiological station, based on the results of laboratory measurements, found that the maximum permissible concentration of mercury vapor in the air was exceeded. The school's classrooms, administrative and auxiliary premises were found to be contaminated. Since March 10, the educational process has been suspended, and students have been sent on vacation. There are no victims among students and school employees. The school administration plans to resume the educational process on April 1 at the premises of a kindergarten. Work is ongoing to decontaminate the contaminated premises.