Grass Suspected of Being Spray-Painted Green in Chengdu
by Li on Friday, March 1, 2013
From China Daily:
Chengdu Grass Suspected of Being Sprayed with Green Paint, Construction Bureau Claims It Is A Greening Agent
“Two workers were spraying the grass, turning the yellow grass into green. Were they painting the grass?” When Chengdu city resident He Tao passed by Chenglong Road on the morning of February 24, he was shocked by what he saw. “Wouldn’t spray painting the grass green pollute the environment?” Later in the afternoon this reporter contacted the Landscaping Department of the Urban and Rural Construction Bureau of Longquanyi District and learned that what the landscaping workers spraying wasn’t “green paint” but a kind of greening agent, that not only doesn’t pollute the environment but also contains fertilizer for the grass.
From MSN:
“I saw the grass on Chenglong Road being dyed, and I wondered if the dye was hazardous and whether or not it was environmentally friendly.” Recently, netizens in Chengdu saw several sanitation workers spraying green “dye” on the grass by Chenglong Road, so the grass would look greener.
In photos uploaded by netizens, this reporter saw that the sanitation worker was spraying a green mist onto the grass, also turning the manhole and the ground by the grass green.
“What the landscaping workers were spraying was a greening agent.” Staff from the Landscaping Department of the Urban and Rural Construction Bureau of Longquanyi District said yesterday that this was a colored nutrient fluid that contains trace amounts of fertilizer that can improve the grass’s frost-resistance and appearance. This staff member also said that nutrition deficiency makes the grass turn yellow in winter and [if not treated] the grass can wither by summer. Using the greening agent is a kind of supplement for the grass’s nutrition, and this greening agent poses no danger to plants, people, the soil, or the environment. From its use from 2008 to today, no problems have ever occurred.
