A canal in a suburb of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires turned vivid crimson on Thursday, alarming native residents.
Footage and movies present the intensely colored water flowing into an estuary, the Rio de la Plata, which borders an ecological reserve.
Native media reviews recommend the color could have been brought on by the dumping of textile dye, or by chemical waste from a close-by depot.
The Atmosphere Ministry mentioned in a press release that water samples had been taken from the Sarandà canal to find out the reason for the color change.
By late afternoon the color of the water had misplaced a few of its depth, the AFP information company reported.
Residents have claimed that many native firms get rid of poisonous waste within the waterway, which runs via an space of leather-based processing and textile factories some 10km (6 miles) from the centre of the capital.
A resident, a lady known as Silvia, informed native information channel C5N that though it’s has turned crimson now, “different occasions it was yellow, with an acidic odor that makes us sick even within the throat”.
“I reside a block from the stream. At this time, it has no odor. There are usually not many factories within the space, though there are warehouses.”
One other resident, Maria Ducomls, informed AFP industries within the area dump waste within the water, and mentioned she had seen it colored in another way previously – “bluish, somewhat inexperienced, pink, somewhat lilac, with grease on high”.