https://freerepublic.com/tag/industrialwaste/ en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:02:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4374325/posts Mark Griffin won a $70 million verdict against Tyson Farms after wastewater from the company’s Hanceville plant polluted the Black Warrior River in Alabama, leading to a flesh-eating bacterial infection that changed his life. Tyson Farms is a part of the Tyson Foods family of businesses. "I want the people who are responsible for the spill in the river to have to be held accountable for what they've done," Griffin said. The long recovery Griffin contracted flesh-eating bacteria from the Black Warrior River six years ago after a pipe malfunction at Tyson Farms’ Hanceville plant released hundreds of thousands of... KSBW https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4374325/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:02:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881781/posts A group from Mexico has won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize at World Water Week, which is being held here for the 17th year. Adriana Alcántara Ruiz, Dalia Graciela Díaz Gómez and Carlos Hernández Mejía received the prize from Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria. The Mexican team has found a way to absorb lead in industrial waste water with the help of eggshells. www.sr.se https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1881781/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:24:26 GMT