On Thursday, February 6, the channel in the suburbs of the capital of Argentina Buenos Aires became blood-red, alarming local residents and authorities, as well as scientists. In the photo and video from the scene, you can see how intense water flows at the mouth of the river Rio de L-payment, which borders on the ecological reserve, writes BBC.

Researchers still do not know what exactly caused a bright red color, but some experts believe that the color can be caused by the release of textile dye or chemical waste from a nearby warehouse.

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According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, their employees have already taken water samples from the Sarandi channel - in the near future, scientists intend to determine the reason for the color change. By the end of the day, the color of the water lost part of its intensity.

Local residents also claim that many local companies drop toxic waste into the waters of the canal, which also passes through the skin processing zone and textile factories located about 10 kilometers from the center of the capital.

According to a local resident of Sylvia, the other day the water in the water channel became red, but earlier it also changed color.

For example, local residents have already noticed that the water in the channel was " Sylvia also said that she lives in a quarter from the stream and noticed that the water had no smell at all - there are not many factories in this area, but there are many warehouses.

Another resident, Maria Dukuls, that industrial enterprises in the region are discarding waste into water, and said that she used to see water of a different color - "

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