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06/14/2003 Entry: "Chicken Shit Rivers: $4400"

The Maryland governor allows millions of pounds of chicken shit to flow into the Chesapeake Bay for a measly $4,400:

If the state could say to the chicken companies, 'Your environmental permits are tied to the practices of businesses that supply you,' what would be next?" said William Satterfield, executive director of Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., an industry group. "Service stations responsible for what oil companies do at their refineries? Newspapers being responsible for how ink manufacturers handle their waste products?

Hey, sounds great to me. Better yet if poultry companies signed the Delmarva Poultry Justice Alliance's Code of Ethics