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Bayou Cassotte reopened after large fish kill

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:39:42 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — State agencies say it is once again okay to fish and swim in Bayou Casotte and the adjacent waters of the Mississippi Sound. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources closed the Jackson County area to fishing and water contact last Sunday, after investigating a fish [...]

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Fish kill prompts closure of Bayou Casotte industrial area

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:00:39 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources have issued a fishing and water contact closure for Bayou Casotte and the adjacent waters of the Mississippi Sound within 1,000 feet of the mouth of the bayou. The agencies say staff investigated a fish kill in Bayou Casotte [...]

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Activist: Coast city’s water, air, soil polluted by industrial plants

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:35:00 +0000

MOSS POINT — Past and present industrial plants have contaminated the Moss Point area’s water, soil and air with toxic chemicals, damaging people’s health, says chemist and environmental activist Wilma Subra. Three plants spewed more than 200 tons of chemicals into the air before they closed, including 193 tons from the International Paper-Moss Point Mill [...]

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