Red-Nickel River Rusia

Source: RUSSIANS are fearing the next world war could be about to break out after a river started running blood red near the city of Norilsk.

Nickel pollution has reportedly caused this river to turn crimson.

The Daldykan river has been snapped looking almost bloodlike in colour, and there is concern what others think could be the result of an industrial accident, is going to spread to other waterways across the country.
The spot where the colour was first seen is close to a metal factory, the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, which is owned by Norilsk Nikel. The remote city lay inside the Arctic Circle and more than a quarter of the city’s 210,000 population work for the factory. It mines a fifth of the world’s nickel and more than half of its palladium, a metal used in car exhausts and jewellery. Many residents took to social media and said they were concerned about the colour of the river, — some said they thought it was down to run-off coming from a smelting plant nearby, while others believed mineral ore had leaked into the water.

This region, in northern Siberia, mines a fifth of the world’s nickel.Source:Supplied

 Evgeny Belikov, who claims to be a former factory worker, said a reservoir by the plant was a similar colour and was called “the red sea” by employees. He said “In winter, the snow’s also red. On the one hand, it’s beautiful, but on the other it’s chemical.” Checks are underway to determine why the river has gone red, and production has been reduced.

Personal Reflection
I think the government already did the right thing by investigate the case and causes and reduce the production to prevent another bad event to happen in the future. And for the factory I think they have to completely check the safety of their production so it would not effect especially harm others.