Dawsonville chemical spill left unchecked for days
A poultry plant accidentally released a corrosive and dangerous chemical into a nearby waterway, but did not report the incident to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. It wasn’t until the city reported hundreds of fish and other wildlife were showing up dead that the EPD was called in to intervene. According to Dawson County News, a worker operating a forklift at the plant accidentally punctured a large drum of ferric chloride. Ferric Chloride is used