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Argentina canal turns bright red, alarming residents
BBC ^ | 2-7-25 | Nathan Williams

Posted on 02/07/2025 9:47:22 AM PST by Strict9

Pictures and videos show the intensely coloured water flowing into an estuary, the Rio de la Plata, which borders an ecological reserve. Local media reports suggest the colour may have been caused by the dumping of textile dye, or by chemical waste from a nearby depot. The Environment Ministry said in a statement that water samples had been taken from the Sarandí canal to determine the cause of the colour change. By

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TOPICS: Education; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: argentina; riodelaplata
Wow, that is some nasty stuff. The people of India use some hefty dyes for festivals. Who knows what it is.
1 posted on 02/07/2025 9:47:22 AM PST by Strict9
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To: Strict9

Revelation 11:6
They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.


2 posted on 02/07/2025 9:54:03 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Strict9
Happening in Peru, too? Vid, at link ...

🇵🇪 Meanwhile in Peru

Peruvian river just turned blood red & nobody knows why.

Officials still say it’s are to drink. pic.twitter.com/a34UFOP5li— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 7, 2025


3 posted on 02/07/2025 9:57:42 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!l)
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To: Red Badger

OR...it’s dye.


4 posted on 02/07/2025 9:58:09 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Strict9

i know when analyzing the Bible account of the Nile turning red i have seen discussion of an algae infestation that might give that look.


5 posted on 02/07/2025 9:58:19 AM PST by avital2
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To: Red Badger

And, don’t forget Exodus 7:17


6 posted on 02/07/2025 9:59:42 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!l)
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To: Strict9

One of the last BBC articles to be written?


7 posted on 02/07/2025 10:13:04 AM PST by albie (U)
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To: avital2

yes, and also there’s a verse in the Bibie saying the waters in the future become “like the blood of a dead man,” which basically means brownish red, gloopy, stinking mess.


8 posted on 02/07/2025 10:13:23 AM PST by Strict9
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To: Strict9

Red Tide

Algae Bloom


9 posted on 02/07/2025 10:18:25 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Strict9

A mother and son are driving around in England
And the son says “Mum! Is that blood all over the road???”
Mum: “No, it’s just dye”


10 posted on 02/07/2025 10:31:49 AM PST by Rad_J
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To: Strict9
It will be blamed on the U.S. unless we dump some money into the canal.
11 posted on 02/07/2025 10:31:52 AM PST by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )
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To: Strict9

Now we know where all of that Red Dye #3 went!


12 posted on 02/07/2025 10:39:53 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Strict9

Not to worry, it’s just the runoff from all of the corruption and waste in the government Milei is cutting...


13 posted on 02/07/2025 10:41:25 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Strict9

Well, just curl up and dye!


14 posted on 02/07/2025 11:06:27 AM PST by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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To: rlmorel

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/pennsauken-creek-turns-red-from-food-dye-mistake/

from August 2022


15 posted on 02/07/2025 11:48:08 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Strict9

As a doctor it looks biological to me like a red tide. Hard to explain otherwise. Looks like 100% coverage.


16 posted on 02/08/2025 5:20:58 AM PST by medical conservative
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