Vantaa|Titanium dioxide ended up in Kylmäpuro, where the trout fry have just hatched.
Tikkurila the bottom of the rink of the ice rink was covered with paint containing titanium dioxide in April for the youth hockey world championships. The bottom of the rink was whitened with paint.
On the other hand, advertisements were attached to the finish and after the games they were scraped off.
On Wednesday to Vantaa the city announced, that an error has occurred to it. After the games, the ice was melted outside as usual, and the melted water ended up in the adjacent Kylmäoja.
As a result of the spill, foam formed in the river.
Titanium dioxide according to the city, the environmental effects are “open to interpretation”. According to the Food Agency, it has been used as a food in the past, but it was banned in 2022.
The rescue service and the environmental center are investigating the matter with the city of Vantaa.
“Kylmäpuro is Vantaa’s most important trout stream, which is now in a delicate stage, when the chicks have hatched. This is an unfortunate mistake”, says the sports director of the city of Vantaa Brother Matti Kallislahti in the bulletin.
According to Kallislahti, Tikkurila will “soon” have a separate melting plant where the ice slush can be filtered into clean water.
This was reported earlier Over and Vantaa Sanomat.
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