A city in western Japan is on alert due to a cat who fell into a tub with substances apparently carcinogenic. According to videos spread through social networks, The feline was unharmed and they are looking for it.
The company ordered the residents of the area not to touch the furry animal, since the chemicals are high. risk to humans.
The incident occurred last Monday, March 11, 2024, when an employee of a metal plating plant in the city of Fukuyama came to work in the morning and found cat paw prints who were walking away from a chemical container, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Likewise, he shared a video recorded by security cameras where the feline is seen, apparently without any physical damage, fleeing the factory.
In accordance with CNN, The tub into which the animal fell had three meters deep and contained a substance known as 'hexavalent chromium'which is carcinogenic and can cause skin inflammation.
In Fukuyama, Japan, a cat fell into a chemical waste tank (hexavalent chromium) and was transformed into a walking chemical weapon.
They are desperately looking for it because exposure causes damage to the kidneys, liver, skin ulcers and cancer. pic.twitter.com/Nb3xrmxw7K— ElBuni (@therealbuni) March 14, 2024
“We immediately alerted the police, the city of Fukuyama and the neighbors near our factory,” he told AFP a company representative.
Furthermore, he stated that “the incident awakened in us the need to take measures to prevent small animals from sneaking in like cats, something we had never anticipated before.
The company warned residents of the area not to touch a missing cat. However, Fukuyama environmental authorities are considering the possibility that the cat has already died after coming into contact with that substance. poisonous chemistry, Indian CNN.
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