{"id":42597,"date":"2020-08-07T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-puzzled-after-paraguayan-lagoon-turns-purple-on-just-one-side\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:38:00","slug":"scientists-puzzled-after-paraguayan-lagoon-turns-purple-on-just-one-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-puzzled-after-paraguayan-lagoon-turns-purple-on-just-one-side\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists puzzled after Paraguayan lagoon turns purple on just one side"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Scientists puzzled after Paraguayan lagoon turns purple on just one side<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By Stephen Sorace, Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

August 7, 2020 |<\/span> 12:38pm <\/p>\n

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\n A road divides the Cerro Lagoon, where the water at right is colored and the Waltrading S.A. tannery stands on the bank, top right, in Limpio, Paraguay.<\/span>
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\n 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.<\/p>\n

The lagoon, which flows in the city of Limpio, about 10 miles northeast of the capital Asunci\u00f3n, was split so an embankment and roadway carrying trucks between local factories could be built.<\/p>\n

Residents noticed that when one side changed color several months ago, the lagoon\u2019s fish and birds began dying. They alerted local environmental authorities to investigate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree months ago, all the fish died in the lagoon, thousands and thousands of them,\u201d resident Herminia Meza told the Associated Press. \u201cThe smell was unbearable, and we were overwhelmed by flies. About a month ago the herons died, and it turned a reddish color.\u201d<\/p>\n

Experts suspect pollution from the Waltrading SA tannery on the banks of the lagoon to be the cause.<\/p>\n

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Marcelo Coronel, left, and Francisco Ferreira, technicians from the National University Multidisciplinary Lab, take samples from the Cerro Lagoon where the water is colored in Limpio, Paraguay.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Rosa Morel, an inspector with the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, told local news outlet ABC that \u201cit is definitely the tannery that pollutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a previous visit, experts found a pipe presumably connected to the tannery dumping untreated waste into the lagoon, Morel said. She said authorities are demanding the company build a treatment plant for the waste.<\/p>\n

Technicians expect the analysis from Wednesday\u2019s samples to take about a week, lab director Gustavo Brozon, told the outlet. Testing was previously delayed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, officials said.<\/p>\n

The company declined to speak to the media<\/a> about the issue when app<\/a>roached Monday, ABC reported.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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