‘It looks like a stream of blood.’ A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

[VINO]

How terrible for the locals that live around this river. Argentina has gotten complaints about this since the 1990's and still issues. Things like this that make me believe Argentina will never change.

‘It looks like a stream of blood.’ A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping.

apnews.com

 

[import export]

How terrible for the locals that live around this river. Argentina has gotten complaints about this since the 1990's and still issues. Things like this that make me believe Argentina will never change.

‘It looks like a stream of blood.’ A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping.

apnews.com

And this folks is why you should never drink the tap water in South America.

Video: Stream Near Argentina’s Capital Turns Red

Drone footage showed an unusual reddish color of the Sarandi Canal in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Thursday.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Avocado]

How terrible for the locals that live around this river. Argentina has gotten complaints about this since the 1990's and still issues. Things like this that make me believe Argentina will never change.

‘It looks like a stream of blood.’ A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping.

apnews.com

This is why we never drink the water here. Some time during the year you can smell all the chemicals in the water.

 

[Jenn]

This is why we never drink the water here. Some time during the year you can smell all the chemicals in the water.

Is it safe to brush your teeth???

 

[RN in BA]

Is it safe to brush your teeth???

I brushed my teeth with the water fine but only bought bottled water. It added up in restaurants and I bet it is much more expensive now vs when I went. I would just buy bigger bottles and fill out smaller water bottles and bring them in my backpack and brought them to restaurants. None of the restaurants cared at all.

 

[Uncle Wong]

Another article about this.

'It looks like a stream of blood.' A river near Buenos Aires turns red, sparking fears of toxic leak

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping.

www.newsday.com