Young greens dye water
On Tuesday morning, the water in several fountains and in the Reuss River in downtown Lucerne was green.
The reason was apparently an advertising campaign by the Young Greens before the vote on November 27th to phase out nuclear power. The police are investigating water pollution.
According to a statement from the cantonal youth party, the water in the fountains at Mühleplatz, Helvetiaplatz, under the Egg and at the government building was dyed yellow-green. The dye then flowed into the Reuss via the sewage system, as a spokesperson for the Lucerne police said on request. Pictures of the green river were published on the short message service Twitter.
The Young Greens are now facing trouble. The police are investigating the case for possible water pollution, a spokesperson told the sda news agency. The perpetrators are still unknown, he said. According to the Young Greens, the fluorescent substance uranine was used for the coloring. This is used, among other things, to study water currents. It is broken down in daylight and, according to the Greens, is considered ecologically harmless. (SDA)
