As tests into the cause of the mass death of fish continue, Polish authorities announce a reward for information that helps find those responsible for polluting the river.
Laboratory tests after a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River has detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its waters.Polish authorities have announced a reward of about $310,000 for information that helps track down those responsible for polluting the riverHundreds of volunteers have removed dead fish from the water
Anna Moskwa — Poland's Climate and Environment Minister — said analyses of river samples taken in both Poland and Germany revealed elevated salt levels. Comprehensive toxicology studies are still underway in Poland, she said, as the mystery continued as to what killed tonnes of fish in Central Europe.
She said Poland's state veterinary authority tested seven species of dead fish and ruled out mercury as the cause of the die-off, but was still waiting for results of other substances. Test results from Germany had also not shown a high presence of mercury, however, German laboratories said they had detected "atypical" levels of "salts" that could be linked to the die-off but wouldn't fully explain them on their own.The Oder River — one of the largest rivers in Central Europe — runs 854 kilometres from the Czech Republic to the border between Poland and Germany before flowing into the Baltic Sea.
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