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Geologist testifies in Oklahoma poultry case

Source: Tulsa World
Tulsa : OK : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Testimony shakes up case A geologist says sediments containing phosphorous, arsenic, zinc and copper found in a lake in a northeastern Oklahoma watershed were likely caused by poultry litter being spread on nearby land as fertilizer...Berton Fisher detailed Thursday morning the sediment tests...
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  • News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month ago
    State didn't direct conclusions While the meter continues to run on the high-profile attorneys hired for Oklahoma's federal pollution lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry, one thing's for certain: taxpayers won't be left holding the bag.
  • News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month ago
    Berton Fisher said his analysis of the water and soil in the Illinois River watershed "detected a pattern that in my view is incontrovertible." Fisher, who is also a geochemist, has given extensive testimony for the state concerning his belief that...
  • News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | about 1 month ago
    A geologist admitted Thursday that he hired his own three daughters and family friends to do legwork for a report that became the backbone of Oklahoma's pollution lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry...Berton Fisher, one of the state's...
  • News Source: Star Tribune | about 1 month ago
    A geologist testifying for the state of Oklahoma has admitted he hired his own three daughters and family friends to do legwork for a report that became the backbone of the state's pollution lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry...Berton...
  • News Source: Tulsa World | about 1 month ago
    Testimony shakes up case A geologist says sediments containing phosphorous, arsenic, zinc and copper found in a lake in a northeastern Oklahoma watershed were likely caused by poultry litter being spread on nearby land as fertilizer...Berton Fisher...
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  • Blog Source: www.agandfoodlaw.com
    Berton Fisher's testimony on October 9, 2009, in the lawsuit between the state of Oklahoma and eleven poultry companies with operations in the Illinois River watershed. Fisher was testifying as an expert for the state. ...
  • Blog Source: watertestingblog.com
    The state claims that 11 poultry companies are legally responsible for the handling and disposal of poultry waste — also known as litter — that the state says has damaged portions of the Illinois River watershed in Oklahoma. ( source ) ...
  • Blog Source: illinoisriverwatershed.blogspot.com
    ... firm called Lithochimeiaq in 2004, was the only witness called to testify Tuesday in Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson's federal lawsuit against Springdale based Tyson Foods Inc. and six other poultry company defendants. ...
  • Blog Source: mochimochiland.com
    Don't let this chicken come to Oklahoma! Poultry companies are now on trial for polluting our once-beautiful Illinois River. If they put this chick on the bench, Tyson will come out smelling like a rose. ...
  • Blog Source: www.agandfoodlaw.com
    The Associated Press is reporting that the trial is moving forward in Oklahoma's lawsuit against eleven poultry companies with operations in the Illinois River watershed. Today's testimony will feature Michael Smolen, “a water quality ...
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Attorneys for Oklahoma and the Arkansas poultry industry traded barbs in federal court Thursday, disputing whether the companies knew for decades that over-application of chicken waste on farmland was polluting the Illinois River ...
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