Nestle sued for polluting French river, tons of fish found dead

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The Nestle factory in Challerange which produces powdered milks has admitted to an “occasional and involuntary overflow of biological sludge effluent, without the presence of chemicals,” which occurred on Sunday.

According to factory director Tony do Rio, “As soon as we learned of the report on Sunday at 23:00 (21:00 GMT), we immediately stopped production and put an end to the spill.” He further added that “This spill was a one-off [and lasted] less than three hours on Sunday evening.”

As firefighters and fishermen volunteer continue to clean up the spill, it remains to be seen whether French authorities will pursue charges against Nestle for the spill.

Regardless, this is definitely bad PR for a company with an already controversial track record.

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