‘The wastewater looked like mud’: EMB goes after Vitarich Corp. Four reporting fellows of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) took a motorized boat to Marilao River to search for the outfall pipes of the town’s biggest chicken dressing plant. It wasn’t easy. BY ANNIE RUTH SABANGAN, BERNARDINO TESTA, ROBERT JA BASILIO JR. AND RIC PUOD February 16, 2021 | 12:00:00 PM Part 2 of 4 What you need to know about Part 2: A PCIJ team sails into Sapang Alat, a creek where Marilao’s biggest chicken dressing plant releases wastewater, and discovers how the water has turned into a garbage dump. While the Municipal Health Office has the mandate to go after pollutive industries, it has not been able to exercise its powers.