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Chinese River Turns Red, Not a Sign of the Apocalypse

by Max Eddy | 2:00 pm, December 17th, 2011

Residents in Luoyang, China were surely surprised when the nearby Jian River recently changed a brilliant blood-red. The shocking color change apparently has nothing to do with the end of days, but with chemical dyes dumped in the river from so-called “illegal workshops.” As startling as the appearance of the river, more troubling are reports that it is still unknown if the dye poses a health risk or even how long the Jian will remain red. I certainly wouldn’t go near it, that’s for sure.

(via io9)

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  • Matthew Sumoski

    This is going to happen a lot more, and in worse ways if we dont get serious. Get together, and demand changes to save ourselves and our future planet. Special interests are ignoring these signs because our government systems profit from carbon dependency…..we need to make that change

  • Laurence Glavin

    America, get ready for scenes like this and the air pollution in China and India if a Republican is elected President, and the party takes over the Senate.  The party’s backers live in sealed enclaves where they can both profit from and avoid the results of their depradations.

  • Ed Joyce

    And of course if the Democrats are reelected, then China and India will clean itself up in gratitude, lions and lambs will lie down together and unicorns will fart butterflies….

  • http://www.facebook.com/paul.pardee Paul Pardee

    Don’t be absurd, Ed.  Unicorns fart rainbows.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sarah.maple Sarah Maple

    Kool-Aid man says “Oh yeah!”

  • Joe

    the river in my town in Connecticut ran a different color every day when we crossed it going to school. Stunk as well. Now the river supports a population of trout. I don’t think anyone in this Country, Democrat, Republican or other would want to go back to that. Of course, younger generations than mine (age 56) may not believe it could happen.


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