Drew Edmondson takes on poultry industry
13 August 2009
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It’s hard to picture the crystal-clear Illinois River that Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson remembers from his youth, how he could look to the bottom and spot a dime, no matter how deep the water.
That was almost 45 years ago, and time has not been a friend. Pristine water has turned to green soup in some places. Algae coats the rocks and pebbles that once seemed to sparkle when the light was just so.
The river’s watershed — where Edmondson saw his first daddy longlegs, floated away endless summer days and still comes to recharge — is the centerpiece of his federal lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry, which he says polluted the area with tons of bird waste from hundreds of poultry farms.
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