For about a week and a half, the media have been trumpeting the unprecedented, catastrophic contamination of the Odra River, from Oława to its mouth.
In fact, the first reports of contamination and littering of fish were made from mid-July or earlier. However, only now is the matter noticeable in the mainstream media.
1️⃣ First, there was talk of contamination of the river with mesitylene, a toxic derivative of cumene. However, today (August 16, 2022) it was denied as a fake (fake news). Until now, it is not known what caused the contamination, so all the more care must be taken.
2️⃣ Wojciech Orliński says that such symptoms can be caused by mercury in the form of a divalent mercury (II) cation. It is not mercury known from old thermometers, but it is an easily soluble form of mercury. Inevitably, this element easily penetrates the organisms, causing poisoning. A few grams can kill a person, and a smaller portion causes "only" damage to the nervous system. This kind is not easy to catch, it will make its way into the ecosystem quickly.
Information about a large amount of mercury was denied even before August 15, 2022, as false news. The German politician, with whom the Polish opposition associated the statement about mercury, was indignant and also denied it. On the other hand, information is given about a large amount of oxygen (it is formed as a result of an oxidation reaction - free radicals), and about large amounts of salt. I know that most Poles slept in chemistry lessons. That is why I am in a hurry with the news that salts are not only our table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl). There are also such salts as potassium chloride (beneficial for the body), and on the contrary - very harmful compounds of this group. For example containing heavy metals such as mercury.
In turn, on August 15, 2022, Germany confirmed the increased amount of mercury. Standards were exceeded for surface waters. The samples were collected in the German tributaries of the Oder (what !?) and in the oxbow lakes of the Oder. Apparently, the amount of this toxic element was so large that there was no scale.
3️⃣ The effects could be worse than the little radiation that came from Chernobyl. For several weeks, the media tried to downplay this matter. However, this contamination is becoming widespread and it cannot be ignored any longer. Official factors say it is time to wait for more tests. The water samples will be sent to laboratories in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
4️⃣ Anglers, environmentalists and residents have been reporting more fish that they die for several weeks. Currently, there is talk of the dying of other species, such as beavers and birds. The Odra ecosystem is beginning to die out, and this is a fact. However, it still happens that people bathe in this river, and unaware anglers catch fish from it.
So far, 80 tons of dead fish have been collected, including specimens over a meter high. And most of these dead fish do not float so easily to the surface, but are long at the bottom. The stench of decay is so overwhelming that it is very difficult for the firefighting teams working there to endure it. Besides, the river is not only about fish. It's a whole chain, an ecosystem, including beavers, birds, mussels and many other organisms.
5️⃣ It was found that there is too much oxygen in the water, which suggests that very strong oxidizing substances got into it, producing the so-called free radicals in organizations. In fact, this plague was noticed much higher than in Oława, i.e. in the vicinity of Opole or the Gliwice Canal. So it is not known what the real scale of this phenomenon is.
6️⃣ The Jack-Pol company categorically dissociated itself from the accusations of causing this leak.
7️⃣ This can be a problem for decades to come. It is already said that bringing the Oder back to its pre-contamination state may take many years. In addition, the Odra River often supplies drinking water reservoirs for various localities. On the other hand, mercury compounds cannot be separated so easily from drinking water. This causes very big technological problems.
8️⃣ The government has already dismissed the president of the Woda Polskie company, which manages rivers and lakes in Poland. There were special messages from the Government Center for Security about the threat to humans and animals. It is not known whether the emission of pollutants continues or is determined.
9️⃣ This contamination could not have been made by some uncle Janusz from Januszex Sp. z o.o., who, drunk at night, released chemical stuff from several barrels. It had to be thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of chemicals, not just one kind but a mixture of various chemicals. We have over 300,000 chemicals registered worldwide. We know their side effects, but the harmful interactions between them are virtually unknown and unpredictable. We absorb the entire Mendeleev table every day from food, water, air, workplaces, clothes, cosmetics, and so on. It's a delayed bomb.
🔟 It turns out that not only the Odra River is full of dead fish. Disturbing news is also coming from other provinces. A large amount of dead fish has been observed on the rivers Narew, Ner, San, and on one lake. These are water basins located in different, distant parts of the country. So it is all the weirder. Something too many cases of these contaminants lately.
It is also worth noting that the profiles on FB, which previously wrote that the KA-666 plague does not exist and that Ukraine has attacked Russia and is to blame for itself, now spread theses that there is no pollution at all. Often these are blank profiles with no name, surname, or photo, with false data.
Is an act of industrial sabotage (terror) involved in this case? Feel free to discuss.
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