Pollution turns Argentina lake bright pink

Pollution turns Argentina lake bright pink

Terra Daily

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Trelew, Argentina (AFP) July 25, 2021

A lagoon in Argentina's southern Patagonia region has turned bright pink in a striking, but frightful phenomenon experts and activists blame on pollution by a chemical used to preserve prawns for export. The color is caused by sodium sulfite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories, whose waste is blamed for contaminating the Chubut river that feeds the Corfo lagoon and other water

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