Pollution turns Argentina lake bright pink
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published : 26 Jul 2021 at 08:45
1 An Argentina lagoon turned a bright pink colour caused by sodium sulfite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories.
TRELEW (ARGENTINA) - 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 colour 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 sources in the region, according to activists.
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