A Cat Covered in Toxic Chemicals Is Terrorizing Japan

The city of Fukuyama , Japan is on high alarm after a quat fell into a vat of toxic chemical substance and break away into the night . official warn the animal is covered inhexavalent chromium , and occupant should be careful not to touch any “ guy that seems unnatural . ”

A worker at Nomura Plating factory discovered a set of yellow manus print leading aside from a chemical tank early Monday break of day . The cat-o'-nine-tails was later pick out leaving the manufacturing plant on security footage , concord to the newspaperAsahi Shimbun . you may see a TV of the ill - fated cat below .

A dip into hexavalent atomic number 24 , also known as chromium 6 , may be a dying condemnation no matter how many lives the felid has left . The root can cause skin irritation , respiratory issues , heart failure , lung genus Cancer , and even death . As theWashington Postpoints out , it ’s the same chemical substance that leaked into groundwater in the Julia Roberts movie Erin Brockovich .

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Fukuyama Environmental Conservation Division cover that the guy may be numb but issued a warning to locals , grant to Ahahi Shumbun , “ If you find a cat that seems unnatural , please do not touch it and meet the metropolis or constabulary . ”Nippon TV Newsreports that officials are asking simple schools to keep children aside from cat in general .

There ’s no update on the cat-o'-nine-tails or its whereabouts as of insistence metre , but the cat would belike be easy to pick out if it ’s still on its feet . If the kat is live that means it probably has n’t licked itself white , which mean it would probably be stained a yellow or scarlet - brown color thanks to the hexavalent Cr . fit in to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , Cr compound are widely used for electroplating , unsullied sword production , leather lashing , fabric manufacturing , and wood saving .

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