{"id":632,"date":"2020-05-05T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:31:26","slug":"coronavirus-outcry-as-spanish-beach-sprayed-with-bleach-provided-by-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/05\/coronavirus-outcry-as-spanish-beach-sprayed-with-bleach-provided-by-bbc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Outcry as Spanish beach sprayed with bleach &#8211; Provided by: BBC.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"632\" class=\"elementor elementor-632\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d101d57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d101d57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-517e147\" data-id=\"517e147\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfdd56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bfdd56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zahara-de-los-Atunes.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-634\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zahara-de-los-Atunes.webp 666w, https:\/\/genuineactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Zahara-de-los-Atunes-300x134.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used tractors to spray more than 2km (1.2 miles) of beach with a bleach solution a day before Spain allowed children out of lockdown for the first time.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0898ff5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0898ff5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e692e2f\" data-id=\"e692e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a66bce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a66bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Environmentalists say the move caused &#8220;brutal damage&#8221; to the local ecosystem.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spain has been badly affected by the coronavirus, with 23,800 deaths.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maria Dolores Iglesias, who heads an environmental volunteer group in the Cadiz region, said the bleach &#8220;killed everything on the ground, nothing is seen, not even insects&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The beach and its dunes are protected breeding and nesting places for migratory birds and Ms Iglesias said she had seen at least one nest with eggs destroyed by the tractors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ms Iglesias said that because of the lockdown, wildlife had been thriving on the beach.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The beach has its own way of cleaning itself, it was not necessary,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-52471208?at_custom3=BBC+News&amp;at_custom2=facebook_page&amp;at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&amp;at_campaign=64&amp;at_medium=custom7&amp;at_custom4=935159FA-8A14-11EA-98B6-82423A982C1E\">click here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Source:\u00a0 BBC<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used tractors to spray more than 2km (1.2 miles) of beach with a bleach solution a day before Spain allowed children out of lockdown for the first time. 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