Environment Agency launches search for company believed to have dumped chemical down drain

Environment Agency officials said today they suspected a factory connected to metal production was to blame for a leak of cyanide that poisoned thousands of fish in the river Trent.

The cyanide entered a Severn Trent Water treatment plant at Strongford, Staffordshire, after being released into the public sewers. The chemical killed bacteria that process the sewage, causing a discharge of cyanide and partially treated waste into the river. A clean-up operation has begun on a 20-mile stretch of the river, a haven for trout, salmon, roach and ...

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