Russian surfers say mystery ocean pollution is poisoning them and killing animals

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamchatka-russia-disaster-pollution-animal-
die-off-oil-found-pacific-killing-sea-life/

Moscow — Surfers in Russia's far eastern region of Kamchatka have reported
ocean water pollution so bad that it's poisoning them, and may behind a
mysterious mass die-off of sea life along the peninsula's Pacific coast.
Pictures and videos circulating widely on social media show thousands of
dead animals washed up on the region's beaches in recent days, including
octopuses, sea stars, fish and shellfish.

Kamchatka is extremely remote but is famous for its pristine nature
reserves and volcanoes.

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Yekaterina Dyba, a geographer who runs the Snowave Kamchatka surfing
school, first raised the alarm on social media about a week ago, saying
surfers were complaining of poisoning-like symptoms after exposure to the
water.

"For several weeks now, all surfers have experienced problems with their
eyes after returning from the water. White shroud, blurred vision,
dryness. Sore throat. Many had nausea, weakness, high fever," Dyba wrote
in a Facebook post. Local surfers also noted a change in the water's
color.

Greenpeace Russia called the situation in Kamchatka an "ecological
disaster" an urged an investigation.


Following the outcry, the region's acting Minister of Natural Resources
and Ecology Aleksei Kumarkov said an analysis of water samples had
revealed the presence of petroleum products at levels four-times what they
should be, a more-than-doubling of expected levels of the even more toxic
compound phenol, and other substances.

Regional prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged pollution
in the Kamchatka waters, but it remains unclear what the source of the
chemicals could be.

Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov told reporters at a news conference on
Monday that authorities were waiting for extended test results, but that
there were "no grounds to talk about any specific version" of what might
have killed so much, and such a wide variety of sea life.

Officials played down initial reports last week, suggesting all the dead
animals were likely the result of stormy weather.

A report by the state-run Tass news agency suggested a commercial oil
tanker leak might have caused the pollution.

Other possible explanations discussed in Russian media include
contamination from one of the military facilities along the coast, or a
site where chemicals or pesticides have secretly been buried along the
coastline.

Russia's Defense Ministry has denied that any vessel from its Pacific Navy
Fleet was responsible for the contamination, saying "no combat training
involving ships and vessels of the Pacific Fleet have been carried out" in
the area since June.



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