Venezuelan authorities open investigation after water two canais ficar green fluorescent

The Venetian authorities are investigating after a fluorescent green water stain appeared on the famous Grande Canal in Manhã this Sunday (28).

“This manhã, a phosphorescent green liquid stain appeared in the Grand Canal of Venice, reported by some residents near Ponte Rialto. I prefer to call an urgent meeting with the police to investigate the origin of the liquid”, wrote the regional president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, on Twitter.

The spokesperson of the local prefect spoke to CNN that they immediately collect water samples, review the CCTV surveillance data and ask the local gondolier pilots and boat drivers if they lose any suspicion, before calling an emergency meeting to investigate the cause of the green water, noting that there is no environmental group has claimed responsibility.

The green ball was noticed for the first time around 9:30 am CET (4:30 am non-Brasília time) and grew slowly, according to several images posted to the media, which showed gondolas, water taxis and water bus boats sliding through the emerald substance.

The verador Andrea Pegoraro immediately blamed the environmental activists who have seen attacking Italian cultural heritage in recent months.

The Ultima Generazione group, which spilled carvão in the Trevi Fountain in Rome last weekend, disse à CNN When questioned, they were behind the green water: “We are not coming.”

The Corpo de bombeiros da Itália tweeted that it was helping to provide “samples and technical assistance” to ARPA Veneto, the regional agency that oversees the environmental status of the Grande Canal, which is “conducting analyzes to establish the nature of the substance in the water. ”

A fluorescent green-colored square part of the Canal Grande and the lagoon in #Venice: preview and technical assistance from part of the #vigilidelfuoco agli operatori dell’@arpaveneto che stanno conducting analyzes to stabilize the nature of the soil in water#28maggio pic.twitter.com/vgmUeRthKK

— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) May 28, 2023

Several theories surfaced online, including that it could be algae or a substance dispersed illegally from the channel.

This is not the first time that the Grand Canal de Veneza suffers a power failure.

In 1968, Argentine artist Nicolás García Uriburu dyed the waters of the canal green with a fluorescent dye called Fluorescein, during the annual Venice Biennale. The movement was designed to draw attention to ecological issues and the relationship between nature and civilization.

A curious coloration arises when the city celebrates the event of the Vogalonga ship, created to combat the movement of the waves and restore the Venetian traditions and help promote attention to the environment and nature, as well as the Architecture Biennial, inaugurated last weekend. of week.