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		</div><p>A waterway winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned bright red, sparking fears of industrial chemical dumping.</p>
<p>The Sarandi stream, near Villa Inflamable, in the municipality of Avellaneda, is home to tanneries and other industries that transform animal skins into leather using chemicals.</p>
<p>Images of the blood-red waterway captured by residents quickly spread on social media, evoking apocalyptic imagery.</p>
<figure id="attachment_185510" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-185510" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_7617.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="383" class="size-full wp-image-185510" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-185510" class="wp-caption-text">The banks of the Rio de la Plata are dyed red at the mouth of the Sarandi stream</figcaption></figure>
<p>Maria Ducomls, a local resident, described waking early one morning to powerful odours.</p>
<p>“At 5.30am, we already had a special and hazardous waste incinerator spewing pollutants into the air,” she told The Associated Press.</p>
<p>Shortly afterwards, she noticed the stream. “It looks like a stream of blood, we have never seen it like this,” she said.</p>
<p>Officials from the municipality of Avellaneda, about nine miles south of the Argentinian capital, suspect the presence of aniline, a toxic substance used in dyes and medicines.</p>
<p>Following the collection of water samples, they filed a complaint with the Buenos Aires province ministry of infrastructure and public services, which will lead an investigation.</p>
<p>Residents report that the stream has exhibited various unusual colours in the past — grey, green, violet, blue and brown — often with an oily surface.</p>
<p>They say they have been filing complaints against local businesses since the 1990s, with several cases of alleged environmental contamination still open.</p>
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