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Poultry companies argue against injunctionTULSA, Okla. (AP)--Poultry companies continue making their case against a preliminary injunction request brought by Oklahoma in an attempt to stop them from disposing of animal waste in the Illinois River watershed. March 4 is the sixth day of a federal court hearing on the matter. On March 3, a Harvard-trained expert for the state testified that bacteria levels from land application of the waste in the 1 million-acre watershed represented "a real and present danger" to the health of the public. The expert testified that due to the contamination levels, people who recreate there need to be informed of the considerable risk they are exposing themselves to. But a poultry company attorney challenged that testimony, suggesting that the state did not account for other sources of possible contamination in its research, such as septic tank leaks or the tons of cattle manure produced each year. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson says that unless an injunction is granted before the spring rains, the bacteria found in the waste could pose a health threat to hundreds of people who visit the northeastern Oklahoma river valley each year.
Date: 3/6/08
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