Oklahoma's decades-long lawsuit over pollution in Illinois River Watershed faces hurdles

NPR | By Anna Pope

Published June 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM EDT

A lawsuit over pollution in an Oklahoma watershed by the poultry industry has been dragging on for two decades as the case could set precedent for other states.

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