Environmental consultants blame Durban fish kill on sewage spills
Sewage spills: Early concerns pointed to chemical poisons from gutted UPL warehouse, two separate consultants say this was not the case.
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Sewage spills: Early concerns pointed to chemical poisons from gutted UPL warehouse, two separate consultants say this was not the case.
The data “corrections” were made on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, several days after large numbers of marine and freshwater fish washed up dead in the estuary and along popular Umhlanga swimming beaches over the weekend.
The banned pesticide 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid has been found in samples collected by consultants investigating the UPL chemical fire.
Anyone reading the latest corporate news bulletin from the UPL agrochemicals group is very likely to gain the impression that the ecology is looking peachy.
More than two years after at least 5,000 tonnes of farm poisons and other 'agricultural remedies' went up in flames or flowed into a river north of the city,