A full “nauseating” and a mystery: what is dyeing the Sarandí River red?
A small river near the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, was dyed with a deep and worrying red on Thursday, says the.
The residents of the area next to the Sarandí River complained of a “nauseating smell”, and when they came across the totally red (and compact) color of the river were surprised.
A resident of the region, María DucomlsHe said he looked like “a bloody stream” and that the incident was just the last of a series of similar episodes. “You don’t have to be an inspector to realize how polluted the poor Sarandí Creek is,” he laments.
In fact, the resident tells the waters It was already of various colors“We have already seen them bluish, greenish, pink and purplish, with a spot of fat to the surface that looks like oil,” added Ducomls.
“Other times it was yellow, with an acidic smell that sicks us even in the throat,” says another resident, Silvia, with.
The guilty of the multiple colors of the river are always the local factories, which pollute it. Now, there are those who believe that the responsible is a tanning factory that like that of a place and love.
The Regional Environment Department says it is investigating. “On the morning of Thursday, February 6, we received a complaint that the waters of the Sarandí Canal had dyed in red,” he said in a statement.
“Our mobile analysis laboratory was sent to the area and two liters of water were collected to chemical analysis Basic and liquid chromatography, in order to determine the organic substance responsible for discoloration. It is thought to be a type of organic dye, ”adds the department.
The color will have been faded late in the afternoon of Thursday. However, for the local community, this color serves as a warning – the pollution of the factories is even damaging the river.
