Russian coast. Dead octopuses, sea urchins and crabs washed up on the Kamchatka Peninsula’s Khalaktyrsky beach in the far east of Russia over the weekend.Pollution was first reported by surfers, who suffered eyesight problems and chemical burns after getting into the water last month.Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov said that authorities were considering manmade pollution, natural phenomena or a volcano-related earthquake as causes.Russia’s Investigative Committee launched a criminal investigation into the 25-mile stretch of coast on October 7.
A special commission will probe the waters near the Kozelsky and Radyginsky former military test sites, the Moscow Times reports.
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