Watershed pollution trial starts in Tulsa

 
BY CURTIS KILLMAN - Tulsa World
Published: September 25, 2009

TULSA — Attorney General Drew Edmondson painted a bleak picture of the Illinois River watershed Thursday as the state opened its case in a pollution lawsuit against the poultry industry.

Lake Tenkiller , once described as "crystal clear,” has become polluted over the years with a "great deal of the responsibility” at the hands of the poultry industry, he said.

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