A small river was dyed in the Greater Buenos Aires with deep and disturbing shades of red on Thursday after it was believed to have been a leak of dye from a nearby factory.
The violent color of Sande, which passes through the municipality of Avilnada, is six miles (9.6 km) south of the Argentine capital, disturbed the local population, Those who have long complained about industrial pollution in the region.
Local paper, No predecessorThe residents who stated that the smell of “nausea” was based on the water, and that they were suspected that the perpetrator was close tanning.
One of the residents, Maria Docomles, said that the river seemed to be a “bloody stream” and that the accident was the latest in a series of similar episodes. She told Agence France-Presse: “You do not need to be an inspector to realize the extent of her pollution in the poor Sarandi Creek,” she told Agence France-Presse.
Docomles, 52, said that her family had woke up by the “bad smell” on Thursday morning, adding that no one had provided an explanation for continuous pollution, despite all the complaints.
She said that only the red water was the latest example of Sarande pollution. “We have seen it bluish, green, pink and exhaustion, with a spot of grease on the oil -like surface,” Ducomlls added.
The Regional Ministry of Environment said it was investigating the clear dropout. “On the morning of Thursday, February 6, we received a report that the water of the Sarand channel was dyed in red,” he said in a statement.
“The mobile analysis laboratory has been sent to the area and two lines of water were taken as the eyes for the basic chemical and liquid chemical analysis in order to determine the organic matter responsible for color. It is believed to be a type of organic coloring.”
A journalist told AFP that the color of the water faded late Thursday afternoon.
