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Event:
AC Tech. Disaster
Number:
2014-000088
Country:
PAN Panama
Location:
Provinces of Herrera and Los Santos
Date (YMD):
2014-6-30
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Information Source:
IFRC
Comments:
On 30 June, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Aqueducts and Sewerage Institute (IDAAN) reported a leak involving a chemical herbicide called atrazine into a tributary of the La Villa River, the main source of drinking water supply to the provinces of Herrera and Los Santos in the Republic of Panama. Water analyses determined higher-than-normal presence of the substance, establishing that the water produced by the Chitre and La Villa water treatment plants was not suitable for human consumption. On 2 July, the Government of Panama declared an emergency due to contamination in affected areas in the provinces of Herrera and Los Santos in order to strengthen safe water distribution actions to the affected population.
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