Dead fish on the Saigon River due to poison from cassava roots

Cyanure (Photo: cdifx)

Massively dead fish on the Saigon River are caused by the poison cyanure contained in the Vifon Plant waste water discharged into the river. The test results show that the fresh cassava roots for processing Vifon flour have very high levels of cyahydric acid (HCN).

The phenomenon of mass death of fish took place on April 17 is also true at the time of discharging waste water to Saigon River of Vifon Wheat Processing Plant.

The National Center for Environmental Warning and Prevention of Fisheries in the South has just reported this to agencies responsible for the cause of dead fish on the Saigon River.

An expert said cyanure is a very powerful poison found in fresh cassava tubers, which are capable of dissolving in water, for humans, just put in small amounts of cyanure (0.15-0.2 grams). ) was able to cause death. A member of the survey team said the group had proposed to coerce, relieve households of raising fish on the Dau Tieng reservoir and coerce the discharge of wastewater from river factories to protect water sources.

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