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'The wastewater looked like mud': EMB goes after Vitarich Corp.


‘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
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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. ....

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The Bulacan town where chickens are slaughtered and the river is dead


The Bulacan town where chickens are slaughtered and the river is dead
In this four-part investigative report, PCIJ shows how poultry processing plants in the town of Marilao in Bulacan have dumped untreated or undertreated wastewater into the dead Marilao River.
BY ANNIE RUTH SABANGAN, ROBERT JA BASILIO JR., BERNARD TESTA AND RIC PUOD
February 14, 2021 | 12:00:00 PM
Part 1 of 4
What you need to know about Part 1:
The town of Marilao in Bulacan province has the biggest number of chicken dressing plants nationwide, slaughtering more than 24 million chickens yearly.
The annual operations of chicken dressing plants in Marilao produce an estimated 169,000 cubic meters of wastewater or enough to fill up 68 Olympic-size pools. ....

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The Bulacan town where chickens are slaughtered and the river is dead


The Bulacan town where chickens are slaughtered and the river is dead
In this four-part investigative report, PCIJ shows how poultry processing plants in the town of Marilao in Bulacan have dumped untreated or undertreated wastewater into the dead Marilao River.
BY ANNIE RUTH SABANGAN, ROBERT JA BASILIO JR., BERNARD TESTA AND RIC PUOD
February 14, 2021 | 12:00:00 PM
Part 1 of 4
What you need to know about Part 1:
The town of Marilao in Bulacan province has the biggest number of chicken dressing plants nationwide, slaughtering more than 24 million chickens yearly.
The annual operations of chicken dressing plants in Marilao produce an estimated 169,000 cubic meters of wastewater or enough to fill up 68 Olympic-size pools. ....

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