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Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers (www.nytimes.com)
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“I refer to this one as ‘the big one,’” said the official, Matt Combes, an ecological health unit science supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He added: “Calling something a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding and disheartening.”

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If everyone involved isn’t locked up and the companies bankrupted then people need to take Justice into their own hands

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing it'll be a fine that is less than their profits.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm at a loss for words

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Jesus fuck.....