An investigation by Victoria’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has uncovered the reason a creek in Melbourne’s inner west was turned bright green.
An EPA investigation has revealed the pollutant that turned a creek in Melbourne 's west a shade of fluorescent green that shocked locals.An investigation by Victoria’s Environment al Protection Agency has uncovered the reason a creek in Melbourne ’s inner west was turned bright green.
Video uploaded to Facebook showed the bright green Stony Creek flowing through Cruikshank Park, Yarraville, within site of a kids' playground. Locals in the Melbourne suburb of Yarraville were shocked on Friday when a creek that runs through a local park turned a shade of fluorescent green reminiscent of the toxic waste in The Simpsons. Picture: EPA
Update: strong flows in Stony Creek have removed the spill of bright green dye at Cruikshank Park, Yarraville. Onsite testing by EPA officers identified the dye as fluorescein, a non-toxic dye used by plumbers to test connections.This was confirmed in an update on Sunday, with the EPA also declaring that the creek was back to normal .
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