A serious situation regarding waste disposal is making noise in Brazil. São Paulo dumps 58 tons of waste in the rivers and tributaries of the Alto Tietê Basin.
The amount is equivalent to the content of about six regular garbage...
In La Pampa, a strong controversy is raging over an issue that is not new: the contamination of the Colorado River. There are conflicting versions and accusations between the residents of 25 de mayo and the authorities, both municipal...
Neighbors of houses located downstream reiterated an old claim to the authorities. They denounce the sewage treatment plant of La Cumbrecita, in Córdoba, for the presence of sewage in the RÃo del Medio river.
In addition to affecting the community,...
Researchers from Spanish and Portuguese scientific institutions have developed a mathematical model capable of detecting the movement of microplastics in marine waters.
This work is highly useful for monitoring polluting discharges and provides a valuable tool for environmental control.
International collaboration...
In the last few weeks, pollution on beaches in Brazil has raised concerns among tourists. This has triggered a health alert that affects both locals and foreigners.
The problem arises in the water and is present in many of the...
In 1989, a hairdresser from Alabama named Philip McCrory had an idea. If people used shampoo to remove grease from their hair, could it work the other way around? McCrory was watching the coverage of the oil spill in...
The NGO Friends of Patagonia alerted and expressed concern about the contamination in Lake Lácar. They reported the spill of treated sewage into the waters.
The cooperative in charge, on the other hand, stated that it was a temporary "malfunction"...
The urgent cleaning of the Paraná River is necessary. This was determined by the Federal Justice, with a resolution from the Rosario judge Sylvia Aramberri. She ordered the construction of a wastewater treatment plant to treat the sewage that...
Last September, residents and fishermen from the Mangrullo area, at the southern end of Rosario, and in the neighboring Villa Gobernador Gálvez, reported the unusual fish mortality on the shore of the Paraná River.
After analyzing water samples and tissues...
