BISHOPVILLE BREEZE OF 1968
When does a bad smell
become air pollution is the question in a suit against the poultry
offal processing plant at
Bishopville, Maryland which is headed to the U. S. Supreme Court
for
the answer.
The bad odor breezes from
the Bishopville plant just below the state line at Selbyville has
status with the 1963
Federal Clean Air Act which states interstate air pollution
was subject to
federal laws. A previous
law had to prove human health suffered. Now, bad odors can
sicken
,
nauseate, cause
sleeplessness and revulsion aka 'disgust.
Selbyville and lower
Delaware and Ocean City, have another clincher, the smell
adversely
affects business
conditions and the Justice Department is ordering the Maryland
Rendering plant
to stop stinking.
“It's hurting business,
stop it” is the local battle cry.
Abstract: Wednesday,
March 13, 1968 Wilmington Morning News
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