Iowa Fertilizer Spill Wipes Out River's Aquatic Life, Killing Over 749,000 Fish
An unintended liquid nitrogen release devastated the ecological health of a 60-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River
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An unintended liquid nitrogen release devastated the ecological health of a 60-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River
An unintended liquid nitrogen release devastated the ecological health of a 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River.
Officials said the liquid nitrogen fertilizer spill could have been worse.
A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to
It's the biggest fish kill in Iowa in at least a decade and the fifth-largest on record, according to state data.