Aquatic pollution from truck spills: Urgent action needed in Brazil and beyond

IF 5.1 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Water Biology and Security Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.watbs.2025.100372

Valter M. Azevedo-Santos , Tailaine R. Pereira , Anne E. Magurran , Wagner M.S. Sampaio , Philip M. Fearnside , William F. Laurance , Tommaso Giarrizzo

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Abstract

On 29 January 2024, a truck accident spilled concentrated sulfonic acid into a river in Brazil's State of Santa Catarina. This disaster, which occurred in a protected area, killed various types of fish (e.g., crenuchids, heptapterids, and loricariids) and probably many other less observable animals, such as small invertebrates. The accident, similar to others around the world, gained national and international media attention. Because truck accidents causing aquatic pollution through chemical spills are occurring not just in Brazil but also globally, the recent event led us to consider similar cases and to recommend potential measures to help mitigate biodiversity loss in waterbodies near roads. Three factors need to be considered: (i) human (drivers); (ii) truck (mechanical condition); and (iii) road (e.g., infrastructure). In addition, improved expert assessments of the negative impact of these accidents on biodiversity are needed. A requirement to aid recovery of polluted ecosystems should be incumbent upon the companies involved in truck accidents.

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卡车泄漏造成的水生污染：巴西和其他国家需要采取紧急行动

2024年1月29日，巴西圣卡塔琳娜州的一辆卡车发生事故，浓缩磺酸流入一条河流。这场发生在保护区的灾难，杀死了各种各样的鱼类（例如，crenuchids， seven - terids和loricariids），可能还有许多其他不太容易观察到的动物，如小型无脊椎动物。与世界各地的其他事故类似，这起事故引起了国内外媒体的关注。由于卡车事故不仅在巴西发生，而且在全球范围内都在发生，因此最近的事件促使我们考虑类似的案例，并建议采取可能的措施，帮助减轻公路附近水体的生物多样性损失。需要考虑三个因素：(i)人（司机）；（ii）卡车（机械状况）；（iii）道路（如基础设施）。此外，还需要改进专家对这些事故对生物多样性的负面影响的评估。帮助恢复受污染的生态系统的要求，应该是涉及卡车事故的公司义不容咎的责任。

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