An unknown, highly toxic substance in the Oder river, which runs through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a mass die-off of fish, the German state of Brandenburg's environment ministry said
An analysis of river water from Monday showed evidence of"synthetic chemical substances, very probably also with toxic effects for vertebrates," the ministry said on Thursday, adding that it remained unclear how the substance entered the water.According to local broadcaster RBB, the state laboratory found high levels of mercury in the water samples.
In a warning sent to the public earlier this week, Germans in the Uckermark and Barnim districts, home to rolling hills and a nature reserve, advised citizens to avoid contact with water from the Oder and an adjacent canal.Dead fish are removed from the Polish side of the river Oder on Saturday.Fish are removed at a mobile catch basin from the Oder river on Saturday.Tons of dead fish have been found since late July in the river Oder.
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