Nearly three months after a Montana Rail Link train derailed near Reed Point, releasing 419,000 pounds of asphalt into the Yellowstone River, state agencies began advising anglers this week not
Montana wildlife and environmental officials last week issued an advisory telling people not to consume any fish taken from the Yellowstone River for several miles up- and downstream of the site of the train derailment and chemical spill that happened in June near Reed Point.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said that the source of potentially cancer-causing chemicals they're finding in the flesh of the Yellowstone River's fish is "unknown at this time"
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