Talk:Yarkon River

polluted - when and how so?

This article states that the river "became increasingly polluted after the 1950s".

The article Maccabiah Games states that a collapsing bridge "plung[ed] about 100 members of the Australian delegation into the polluted waters of Yarkon River."

So when was the river polluted? And even if it's apparently not clear who polluted it (this article claims at least only rumors about a power plant) - it should probably be known what the pollutants were, i.e. what was in the water??

Thanks for clarifying, Ibn Battuta (talk) 02:23, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

The article says, "The deaths were eventually traced to a fungal infection caused by aspiration of the heavily polluted water." The citation does not provide support for this sentence. Did the athletes die because the bridge collapsed, or because of the fungal infection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.105.25 (talk) 03:01, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

The water were heavily polluted with all sorts of industrial sewage. Most of it was in the bottom. While the bridge collapsed, the sludge bellow went up. The people got injured mainly not from the bridge or from drowning, but from the chemicals and this fungi. Rescue crews got injured as well. "Regular" falling to these water, for example - from a boat, however not very healthy, wouldn't cause that horrible outcome. --Noavic (talk) 13:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)