Red river
When the Rhine was poisoned.
A fire broke out at the Sandoz chemicals factory in Schweizerhalle near Basel on November 1, 1986, releasing a chemical cloud over the city and substances into the River Rhine. Thousands of river fish died and the effects were felt as far away as the Netherlands. (SF/swissinfo.ch, 2006)
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