In the past weeks, the public has been shocked by images showing masses of dead fish floating in the Oder River, on the German-Polish border. Recent reports speak of 150 to 200 tons of fish killed.
Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged to stay away from the water.
Thousands of fish have washed up dead on the banks of the Oder river running through Germany and Poland, sparking warnings of an environmental disaster as residents are urged to stay away.
The fish floating by the German banks near the eastern town of Schwedt are believed to have washed upstream from Poland where first reports of mass fish deaths were made by locals and anglers as early as on July 28.
German officials said that Polish authorities failed to inform them about the deaths, and were taken by surprise when the wave of lifeless fish came floating into view.
In Poland, the