New worries over Ogeechee, Georgia, fish kill

[Emily]

http://beta.bryancountynews.net/section/49/article/13953/

New worries over Ogeechee fish kill

POSTED: July 5, 2011 10:15 a.m.

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He said he feels the release of formaldehyde, ammonia and sodium hydroxide caused not only the death of more than 33,000 fish, but caused illness in people who swam in the river over the weekend of May 20-22 as well.
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Aside from the massive numbers of dead fish of several types, people lodged complaints with various health agencies including having blisters, rashes, diarrhea and nausea after having swam in the river the weekend after May 20.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogeechee_River

Ogeechee River is a 294-mile-long (473 km)[1] river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South Forks, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southwest of Crawfordville and flowing generally southeast to Ossabaw Sound about 16 miles (26 km) south of Savannah.[2] Its largest tributary is the Canoochee River. The Ogeechee has a watershed of 5,540 square miles (14,300 km2).

The Ogeechee runs its course from the Piedmont across the fall line and sand hill region then across the coastal plain of Georgia. From a shallow clear running stream with several shoals, rapids, and a small falls at Shoals Georgia, below Louisville the river becomes a lazy meandering channel through beautiful cypress swamps and miles of undeveloped forests....