WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland's prime minister said Friday that “huge amounts of chemical waste” were probably dumped intentionally into the Oder River, which runs along the border with Germany, causing environmental damage so severe it will take the river years to recover.
Poland's government was said to be aware of the pollution in the Oder River that caused the death of tons of fish. However, Warsaw allegedly kept silent and did not alert its neighbors. [.]
The mystery surrounding the mass fish kill in Central Europe's Oder River has deepened. Polish Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said on Aug. 13 that while laboratory tests on [.]