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It was first a puzzle to residents of the area who thought scientists would provide an answer to the strange phenomenon but that seems to have eluded everyone.
Scientists in Paraguay have been investigating how one side of the divided Cerro Lagoon turned purple and began emitting a foul odor months ago, while the other side has remained blue.
Fox News reports that the lagoon, which flows in the city of Limpio, about 10 miles northeast of the capital Asunción, was split so an embankment and roadway carrying trucks between local factories could be built.
Residents noticed that when one side changed color several months ago, the lagoon’s fish and birds began dying. They alerted local environmental authorities to investigate.
“Three months ago, all the fish died in the lagoon, thousands and thousands of them,” resident Herminia Meza told the Associated Press. “The smell was unbearable, and we were overwhelmed by flies. About a month ago the herons died, and it turned a reddish color.”
Experts suspect pollution from the Waltrading SA tannery on the banks of the lagoon to be the cause.
Francisco Ferreira, a technician at the National University Multidisciplinary Lab who took samples, said Wednesday the color of the water is due to the presence of heavy metals like chromium, commonly used in the tanning of animal skins to produce leather.
Rosa Morel, an inspector with the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, told local news outlet ABC that “it is definitely the tannery that pollutes.”
(Fox News)
