Scientists have named toxic algae as the cause of what happened in Kamchatka

TASS reports.

“There were a number of possible reasons for what happened.

There is no complete clarity yet.

But the option that it is toxic algae comes out on top.

Next, one of the main tasks is to conduct sea expeditions, ”he said following a meeting in the regional government.

According to him, now it is necessary to figure out what can bring these algae into such an active state that "we have red tides."

“Red tide does not mean that the water is red, it is a general name for the phenomenon when strong toxins are released.

They can affect benthic organisms, fish and, in many cases, humans, ”he added.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia reported that studies of seawater samples in Kamchatka showed an excess of the permissible indicators for oil products by four times, for phenol - 2.5 times.

At the same time, studies of sand and water from Khalaktyrsky beach and from the coast of Bolshaya, Srednyaya and Malaya Lagernaya bays did not show traces of toxic substances.

On October 3, the UK began checking in connection with the death of marine animals in Kamchatka.

The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, sent employees of the Main Department of Criminalistics of the Investigative Committee of Russia to Kamchatka due to a possible environmental disaster in the region.