The
battle of the experts in the Illinois River watershed pollution lawsuit
resumed Monday, as the state of Oklahoma challenged claims by an expert
witness for the defense that the poultry industry is not to blame for
any water-quality problems. John Connolly, an expert in water quality and pollutant migration,
testified Monday that the state's evidence he reviewed indicated that
no correlation existed between poultry production and the amount of
phosphorus in Lake Tenkiller.
David Page, an attorney for the state, cross-examined Connolly, asking him to comment on a series of scientific studies on which the state has relied in its case against the poultry industry. Page asked Connolly why so many investigators focused on so-called "nonpoint" sources of phosphorus pollution — meaning pollution that doesn't come from one point, such as a wastewater-treatment center — when they examined water quality in the Illinois River watershed.
For more, see tulsaworld.com.
David Page, an attorney for the state, cross-examined Connolly, asking him to comment on a series of scientific studies on which the state has relied in its case against the poultry industry. Page asked Connolly why so many investigators focused on so-called "nonpoint" sources of phosphorus pollution — meaning pollution that doesn't come from one point, such as a wastewater-treatment center — when they examined water quality in the Illinois River watershed.
For more, see tulsaworld.com.
