1300 Sue Avara Foods for River Pollution

0:00On April 27, over 1,300 folks are suing Avara Foods, their subsidiary Freemans of Nuant and Welsh Water for wrecking the River Y and River Usk, with pollution from industrial chicken farming in sewage. Lawyers for the chicken giants hit back hard at a preliminary hearing in London's high court on Monday, calling the whole claim an oversimplification. With zero solid science behind it, they argue it's all guesswork, and that claimants got approved personal harm, like exactly when and how the slimy green rivers messed up their lives. The pollution comes from high phosphorus and nitrogen levels spark massive algae blooms that choke oxygen, kill fish, stink up the place, and tank. The rivers' ecosystems claimants say the company's farm and sewage ops cause this decline, and they're pushing for big damages plus court orders to stop it, with more. Things on the way to sort this out.