"These attacks have the potential to disrupt the critical lifeline of clean and safe drinking water, as well as impose significant costs on affected communities," the letter said.
Cleaning the river has significant ecological implications, including fish and plants returning to the river, as well as other natural habitats in the future.
This severe environmental damage, several orders of magnitude greater than the alleged damage in Gaza, has not yet been condemned by UN institutions.
The locals have branded the situation a “Dickensian scandal.”
The Venice prefect has called an emergency meeting of police forces to understand what happened and study possible countermeasures
The proposal is a major milestone in the EPA's strategy to tackle the human-made so-called "forever chemicals" found in water, air and food.
The Israeli company, with approximately 600 employees worldwide, uses its water monitoring technology in some of the largest cities in the world.