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BOARDMAN — Five residents of Oregon’s Umatilla basin are pursuing a class action lawsuit claiming their water was polluted by fertilizer applied by the Port of Morrow and several agribusinesses.

Other unidentified farmers in the region, whose fertilizer practices also allegedly contaminated groundwater with nitrates, are likely to be added to the case as defendants, according to the complaint.

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