Teck appears in Libby, fights back on troubling fish data

Key fish data prove invalid in flagging higher-than-allowed levels of selenium at Lake Koocanusa, representatives of Canadian coal miner Teck said last week at a meeting with Lincoln County Commissioners in Libby.

The research in question, collected from Koocanusa fish eggs and ovaries, has been circulated recently to suggest selenium levels in the reservoir reach as high as 250% or more of what's allowed in Montana waters...