The Danish government decided to kill millions of minks to stop mutated corona infection - and triggered one of the biggest political scandals in modern times in Denmark, when the measure proved to lack legal support.
A new report from the Danish Geological Survey Geus and the Danish Technological Institute shows that liquids released by the millions of minks have leaked into the groundwater in areas around Viborg and Holstebro in Jutland, according to Radio 4, which took part in the study.
- According to a number of assumptions, the shallowest groundwater may have already been polluted, says state geologist Claus Kjøller to Radio 4.
"Deeply touching"
At Danske Vandværker, the industry organization for Denmark's water supply, the report arouses anger, not least as mink graves have been dug very close to local waterworks.
- It is deeply worrying, says chairman Susan Münster to Radio 4.
The scandal surrounding the killing of the 15–17 million minks that existed in the country is about the police calling mink breeders and pushing for killing even though the police authority knew that there was no legal basis for the decision.
Civil claim
The Folketing agreed on Thursday that a review commission with far-reaching powers should be appointed.
They will examine how the Social Democratic minority government has handled the issue.
The bourgeois opposition has demanded the appointment of a commission, the forms of which will be decided shortly.
The idea is that it will report its conclusions continuously next year.