Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit in Barry County Circuit Court Tuesday against Tyson Foods for unlawful dumping into a state stream that resulted in the deaths of at least 100,000 fish, and the company isn’t shirking the blame.
Koster said beginning in May, the company’s facility in Monett, MO released untreated industrial wastewater containing feed additive into the city sewer system. According to Koster, the leak caused the city's biological wastewater treatment system to fail, and contaminated water containing ammonia flowed into Clear Creek.