Buenos Aires (AP) – a stream that is passing through a population area in a population area Buenos Aires Joint photos of residents on social media showed Friday, in recent hours, Crimson turned red, which has raised concerns about industrial chemical dumping.
In the municipality of Avillenda, near Villa inflammation, there is a home of Serrhe í Stream, Tanry and other industries that convert animal skins into leather using chemicals. Pictures of the red waterway caught by the residents spread rapidly on social media, leading to apocalyptic imagery.
A local resident, Maria Dokomals, described the powerful odor waking up early a recent morning.
“5:30 am, we already had a special and hazardous waste fireworks pollution in the air,” he told the Associated Press. Immediately after that, he looked at the river, “It looks like a blood stream. We have never seen it like this.
About 15 km (9 miles) south of the Argentine capital, Avillenda’s municipality, suspected of the presence of Anilin, a toxic substance used in colors and medicines.
After the reservoir of water samples, he lodged a complaint in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services Province, which will be on the path to investigation.
Residents have reported that the river has exhibited various unusual colors in the past – brown, green, violet, blue and brown – often with oil surface. He says he has been lodging complaints against local businesses since the 1990s, with many alleged environmental pollution issues still open.
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