Page 27 - Oder River News Today

Poland's prime minister said "huge amounts of chemical waste" dumped in the river caused environmental damage so severe it will take the river years to recover.

As tests are still ongoing to confirm the original cause, high levels of salt and mercury are suspected, and Germany points the finger at Poland.

Hundreds of freighters from Germany, Poland, Romania and Italy were sent to Gironde, near Bordeaux.

Poland’s environment minister says laboratory tests following a mass fish die-off have detected high salinity levels but no mercury in the Oder River

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says 'huge amounts of chemical waste' were probably dumped intentionally into the waterway.

WARSAW, Poland - Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its water

After Polish anglers removed tons of dead fish from the Oder River bordering Germany, the die-off has been labeled an "ecological disaster." But what's to blame?

Poland's environment minister says laboratory tests following a mass fish die-off have detected high salinity levels but no mercury in the Oder River. That means the mystery is continuing as to what killed tons of fish in Central Europe.

"Dead fish everywhere" in Germany, Poland, after feared chemical waste dump

Authorities still waiting for results of toxicology studies regarding other substances.