Wildfire retardants illegally poisoning streams - lawsuit

The nonprofit group Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE) filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Montana federal court saying the federal agency dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemicals into forest streams in recent years, despite concerns those chemicals kill fish and aren’t effective at fighting fires. The most commonly used chemicals are inorganic fertilizers and salts, according to the suit. The group said it wants an injunction keeping the Forest Service from spraying chemical retardants from the air until it receives a Clean Water Act permit and shows the strategy works.