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Tons of dead fish cover major Sao Paulo river after alleged dumping of industrial waste
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Thousands of dead fish lie on the banks of the Piracicaba River in a rural area of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The state's environmental agency alleges that the cause of their death is irregular dumping of industrial waste into the river. - photo by AP Photo/Andre Penner
TANQUA, Brazil (AP) — Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said on Wednesday. A preliminary analysis estimates that between 10 and 20 tons of fish died on the Piracicaba river, Sao Paulo's prosecutors said in a press release. The initial investigation points to an "irregular discharge of wastewater” from Estiva’s Sao Jose plant in the community of Rio das Pedras, and it reached a stream that flows into the Piracicaba River, prosecutors said.