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After receiving information Monday about the mass extinction of animals and fish in Nemunas near Grodno in Belarus, experts from the Environmental Protection Agency took water samples from Nemunas to investigate near Alytus and Druskininkai.
“Today, the Environmental Protection Agency took water samples at Nemunas near Alytus and Druskininkai to determine possible contamination,” Justas Jaskonis, Advisor to the Minister for the Environment, told BNS.
He added that if the investigations detect contamination, he intends to seek clarification from Belarusian specialists.
“If the results of the investigation record the contamination, Belarusian specialists will be asked to provide information on whether there is a fixed source of contamination in the confines of Nemunas,” said the minister’s adviser.
According to him, the samples were taken to verify if the Nemunas water is contaminated. If the results of the investigation confirm the contamination, it will be possible to assume that it will kill aquatic animals in the Nemunas River that flows in Belarus.
J. Jaskonis also said that the first results of the investigation will be in one day, but the in-depth investigation can take up to a week, but it is expected that it will receive the results sooner, in three days.
Belarusian naturalist Dmitry Vinnyevsky shared photographs of fish and other living bodies on Sunday, and his recording was also shared by the Directorate of the Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve.
If the results of the study record the contamination, Belarusian specialists will be asked to provide information on whether the source of the contamination is in the confines of Nemunas.
Her boss, Arūnas Pranaitis, says she has no doubts about the authenticity of the photos.
“He often sends us information about the situation in Grodno County. This is important to us because it is a phenomenon that can also affect us. This is a trustworthy person. I have no doubts about those photos,” said the head of the Reserve. from the Žuvintas Biosphere to BNS.
He also stated that he has not yet noticed smothering fish in Lithuania, but that the short distance from Grodno to Lithuania is worrying.
“I was struck by the fact that we do not see suffocating fish anywhere in Lithuania. But we are concerned that it is very close to Grodno, and the distances from Grodno to us are short,” he said.
There have been isolated reports in the Belarusian media of massive fish and other creatures observed by fishermen in Grodno.
Photo from D. Vincheuski’s Facebook account
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