20,000 fish dead due to pollution in a river in Yuscaran, Honduras

A plague pollution left over 20 thousand fish floating due to liquid waste flowing into the river Avocados, for a month in riparian areas Yuscarán Township, Paradise.

The communities most affected are those basin below, as The Teñidero, El Rodeo, and Agua Fria Agua Viva where pollution has affected the entire aquatic system instead.

The unfortunate thing is that at the bottom are the poorest communities, where the population is dedicated to fish to eat and sell them.

In addition, others are dedicated to mine gold, but I almost do not get to the river for fear of the water causes them some skin disease.

The Environmental Unit encardado that jurisdiction, Gustavo Enrique Pavón, said the complaint with the Office of Environment and introduced himself and also Tegucigalpa sent water samples for tests and associated analyzes are made to carry out an investigation .

Many people that they got to get the fish to eat and can not because the stench of death leagues feel about the high level of contamination, said.

For the summer season always presents problems especially at Easter, are several years has been reported but so far no one does anything, he deplored.

Over 20 thousand fish, the species known as catfish, escarpments, shiners or bubuchas seen floating on the river banks where the buzzards a delicacy food are given.

“We are alarmed because previous years dead fish were observed this season, but in 2014 this is an exaggeration.

Da regret that the most affected are low-income people, who are engaged in agriculture, fishing and gold mining, but now suffer from skin diseases and diarrhea.

Also, we now comes a difficult time because the source of drinking water is drying us, before we had the river where we were to bathe or stock up on water, but now God forbid if we take our children is only for the envenenemos.

“We need an in-depth investigation by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Serna), and we suspect that liquid wastes come from distilling companies that are in the center of town.

“We ask that they are required to install their own wells oxidation, not further damaging us, and we will not be able to try nor chacalines because until foam and dirty as wicks mop floating in the river, that’s scary” he added.

Meanwhile, the municipal councilor of Yuscarán, Nelson Enrique Rodriguez, said the new corporation quoted one of the owners of companies and there was no positive response. “They have no desire to contribute to the population, who complains and no longer bear the abuse, because they are playing with the health of all” he said.