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Updated 2:01 PM CDT, July 18, 2024
BY ANDRE PENNER AND ELÉONORE HUGHES
TANQUA, Brazil (AP) — Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said Wednesday.
A preliminary analysis estimates that between 10 and 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River in southeastern Brazil, Sao Paulo’s prosecutors said in a statement.
The initial investigation points to an “irregular discharge of wastewater” from the Sao Jose Sugar and Alcohol company plant in the community of Rio das Pedras and it reached a stream that flows into the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. ...
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-dead-fish-sao-paulo-pollution-5ecbe68b12e457cee242aebb5fdee509
BY ANDRE PENNER AND ELÉONORE HUGHES
TANQUA, Brazil (AP) — Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said Wednesday.
A preliminary analysis estimates that between 10 and 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba River in southeastern Brazil, Sao Paulo’s prosecutors said in a statement.
The initial investigation points to an “irregular discharge of wastewater” from the Sao Jose Sugar and Alcohol company plant in the community of Rio das Pedras and it reached a stream that flows into the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said. ...
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-dead-fish-sao-paulo-pollution-5ecbe68b12e457cee242aebb5fdee509