The report states that Campbell’s admitted to violating the Clean Water Act at least 5,400 times between April 2018 and December 2024, with the incidents occurring at the canning factory located in Napoleon, Ohio.
“Campbell’s admission that it committed these violations will speed this case toward a trial that will decide what steps the company must take to curb its pollution and how large a civil penalty should be imposed. That’s great news for the people who live along the Maumee River and Lake Erie, who want prompt action on reducing sources of the toxic algae in their local waters,” said John Rumpler, Clean Water Program Director for Environment Ohio. “We appreciate Campbell’s willingness to work cooperatively with us and the federal government to solve its compliance problems, rather than spending time and effort contesting clear-cut violations of the Clean Water Act.”
I’m starting to believe now that the majority of people would be more upset about not having their Campbell’s soup than their waterways being polluted.
People aren’t that stupid. Americans are chronically underinformed and misinformed - we can inform them properly.
https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/wastewater-from-tyson-meat-processing-plants-is-polluting-u-s-waterways-report-says
…and so forth. I’m sure the vast majority of people have no idea the reality, even the most informed of us. I’m learning new details regularly - despite the media’s, the EPA’s, and various expert’s effective silence on this subject.
The current state of affairs is completely unsustainable - and the kicker is that we only regulate and test for around 100~ chemicals out of many thousands.
Status Coup News regularly puts out on-the-ground, original journalism on the pollution crisis in America - while the rest of the media effectively covers it up.
Roseland, Louisiana is the latest corporate sacrifice zone that you likely haven’t heard of. <- it’s more outrageous than you’d imagine.
Polluting our freshwater is the most anti-human and anti-Earth thing one can do. I think most people would agree.