From their graves, Denmark’s “zombie minks” continue to stir up trouble

Between 3 and 10 months, this is what could lead to rainwater infiltration into the Danish mass graves where millions of dead mink were buried a month ago and thus affect in the process the groundwater from which it obtains the vital drinking liquid.

A problem that shakes the Danish government, even questioning the Prime Minister of the Scandinavian country, Mette Frederiksen

The assessment made by the National geological survey (Geus) y la Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in a report submitted to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, outlines the possible environmental consequences of the controversial mink graves, which hastily moved on Lake Boutrup in the municipality of Holstebro and Karup in the municipality of Viborg, early November.

However, some Danish media claim that the decaying bodies of millions of mink slaughtered and buried in mass graves After detecting a Covid-19 mutation, they could already have contaminated underground aquifers.

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Denmark, the world’s largest exporter of mink fur, announced early last month that it would kill up to 15 million mink after discovering a mutated version of the virus that could compromise the effectiveness of future vaccines.

Unable to cremate so many animals, the authorities buried millions of specimens in pits two meters deep in a military training area in West Jutland.

The Great Mink Tomb is located in the armed forces training ground in Karup, which flanks the town in which 759 people live. The problem is that it is located a few meters from the edge of the area where the local sewage treatment plant extracts drinking water from the city.

Groundwater in the area is collected at a depth of about 100 meters and it is found in parts of the area covered with a protective layer of clay. In addition, the basement of the area is made of sand, through which water and pollution move easily.

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Rasmus Prehn said everything is ready to dig up mink, and told Danish radio days ago that animal bodies are not supposed to do subject to contamination or risk of infection. .

“It is something that sounds disgusting at best,” Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Rasmus Prehn said of the debris that started to come out of the ground: “It doesn’t ‘This is not contamination or risk of contagion, ”he said.

And although the minks they hardly represent a risk of spreading covid-19, there is little doubt among professionals that they will contaminate groundwater and that they could also contaminate Lake Boutrup.

HV / DS