Wastewater from Israeli phosphate mining company caused lasting environmental damage at Ashalim Stream, near Dead Sea, after evaporation pool wall collapsed in 2017
Nature and Parks Authority says leak from supply canal caused salination of soil; plants dying as a result of the leak, some of them protected species; ICL says working to fix it
Environmental Protection Ministry, which brought criminal case, and environmental organizations, welcome judgment and imposition of personal responsibility on senior staff
Addressing claim against Rotem Amfert Negev for waste contamination, toxicologist Shlomo Almog says uranium leaves the body quickly, can be washed off skin with soap and water