(Photo by Juan MABROMATA / AFP) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)] Pictures show the ‘bloody stream’ flowing into an estuary, the Rio de la Plata, which neighbours an ecological reserve.
‘Our mobile analysis laboratory was sent to the area and two litres of water were taken as samples for basic chemical analysis and liquid chromatography in order to determine what organic substance was responsible for the discoloration.
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A team from the country’s Environment Ministry rushed down to the site and took samples from the canal to determine the cause of the colour change.
Another resident called Silvia told local news channel C5N that at “other times it was yellow, with an acidic smell that makes us sick even in the throat”.
