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Italian officials stumped after patch of Venice's famed Grand Canal turns fluorescent green
VENICE, Italy - Italian officials are stumped after a patch of Venice's famed Grand Canal turned a fluorescent green over the weekend.Footage released by the Vigili del Fuoco, Italy’s national firefighters, shows a patch of Venice's famed Grand Canal turning a fluorescent green Sunday morning in the Rialto area.Environmental officials with the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection and Prevention of Veneto said they are investigating alongside Venice's police and fire departments. Authorities said the green substance was present on the surface and soluble in the water. Samples were taken at different levels of the surface water body to evaluate how much of the substance tended to settle on the seabed.Some samples were also carried out in the canals bordering the Rialto Bridge, where the anomalous substance gradually spread, also due to the effect of the tide.A first analysis of the samples excludes the presence of substances dangerous for the environment, authorities said.DEADLY ITALIAN FLOODS: BEFORE-AND-AFTER SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW SCALE OF DEVASTATIONA fluorescent patch has colored part of the Grand Canal and the lagoon in Venice, Italy, green.