Mystery Russian ‘sea poison’ is making locals sick and causing thousands of fish corpses to wash up on shore
RUSSIAN surfers are complaining of poison-like symptoms after returning from the sea.
According to reports, surfers from the Kamchatka region have been suffering from blurred vision, nausea and fever for weeks, amongst other symptoms.
There are also multiple reports and images of sea creatures washing up dead.
Yekaterina Dyba, a geographer who runs the Snowave Kamchatka surfing school, wrote a post online which as: "For several weeks now, all surfers have experienced problems with their eyes after returning from the water.
"White shroud, blurred vision, dryness. Sore throat. Many had nausea, weakness, high fever."
Lots of marine life including octopuses and shellfish have been found dead.
Greenpeace Russia is calling this an "ecological disaster".
Kamchatka is an extremely remote area but is famous for its volcanoes and nature reserves.
Regional governor, Vladimir Solodov, admitted the sea around the Kamchatka peninsula may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals.
Levels of toxic phenol and petrol in the water were above permitted levels during tests.
They are actually said to exceed the safe level by around four times.
However, where these substances have leaked from is still a mystery.
So far, Russian officials have blamed the dying sea life on a storm and then state media suggested it could have been a leaking oil tanker travelling through the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia.
Russian media hasn't ruled out the military being responsible but the Defense Ministry has denied that any of its ship are the cause.
There are plans to conduct tests on water near two military sites.
A "yellow film" was reportedly spotted on a river nearby.
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