Oder River Mass Fish Kill Mystery Remains As No Toxic Substances Found Rivers
German municipalities banned swimming and fishing in the Oder after thousands of dead fish were found floating in the 840km river, which stretches from the Czech Republic to the Baltic Sea along the border between Germany and Poland. Conservationists have expressed fears that the mass die-off could wreak havoc on the entire Oder ecosystem. “We have to see how the bird population develops and what will happen to raccoons and otters,” Karina Dörk, regional administrator of Germany’s Uckermark district, told the Tagesspiegel newspaper....