WARRENTON, Ore. – Two Oregon nonprofits have announced plans to sue Pacific Bio Products, alleging more than three years of repeated pollution violations at its Warrenton location on the mouth of the Columbia River.

The facility, owned by Pacific Seafood, produces fishmeal, shellfish and fish oils used in pet food, livestock feed and aquaculture.

George Kimbrell, co-executive director and legal director at the Center for Food Safety, is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

He pointed to the company's data indicating chlorine discharges exceeding the daily limit by more than 73,000 times as recently as August.

"Because the fish are kept in a very confined, unnatural way, they require lots of pesticides, fungicides and other toxins to keep the fish free of disease. And then, of course,

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