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dalton99a

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8. 265,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2024, 01:59 PM

Mar 2024

The spill is the result of someone at NEW Cooperative leaving open a hose valve that leaked about 265,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer, said Wendy Wittrock, a senior environmental specialist for the DNR.

The leak is believed to have started Saturday and was discovered and stopped by a co-op employee Monday morning, she said.

The company might be subject to large fines and restitution fees for the dead fish.

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Iowa finds dead fish in 50 miles of fertilizer-contaminated river [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2024 OP

And we eat food grown with liquid nitrogen fertilizer KS Toronado Mar 2024 #1

It's worse than that. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 #4

No words. Dem2theMax Mar 2024 #2

That was a mighty cold day. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 #3

Yeah, the multiple sources I checked are using "liquid nitrogen" fertilizer Mersky Mar 2024 #7

Mankind will pay a severe price for its wanton destruction of the natural world Mysterian Mar 2024 #5

Liquid nitrogen? Do they mean manure slurry? NickB79 Mar 2024 #6

265,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer dalton99a Mar 2024 #8

The fish suffocate . . . Aussie105 Mar 2024 #9