fish in 4 mi. of river wiped out

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Area: United Kingdom, England, Pill River, Between Withycombe and Blue Anchor

Description:

Hundreds of trout have died in a pollution incident on the Pill River in West Somerset. The Environment Agency says a mystery pollutant has wiped out the entire fish population on a four-mile stretch of river between the village of Withycombe and Blue Anchor. Officials have been on site recovering dead fish and taking water samples. It is thought the fish were killed by a chemical - possibly a pesticide or sheep dip. The first dead trout were found on Sunday afternoon at a holiday park in Blue Anchor. Agency officers discovered hundreds of casualties as they began their investigation. Samples have been sent to the agency's laboratory at Starcross near Exeter for analysis. Officers are working their way up the catchment and concentrating their efforts on the area upstream of Withycombe on the Brendon Hills. Most of the casualties were between six and eight inches long and included bullheads as well as trout. Close inspection of the fish suggests they have been dead for two to three days. Jim Grundy, of the agency, said: "Judging from the number of fish killed, we believe it was some kind of toxic chemical. It must have been pretty nasty because it also wiped out a lot of the invertebrate life in the stream. "In all likelihood, it was probably a pesticide or sheep dip." Officers are set to visit local farms as part their investigation into the cause of the incident. The agency will continue to monitor the river and will shortly be sending one of its environmental appraisal teams to the site to take additional samples.
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humans keep on killing life as if it doesn't matter.

the other shoe is dropping, hear it coming!