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Scotchgard chemical ails fish where tannery scraps litter river.

Industrial chemicals once used to manufacture the iconic Hush Puppies shoe brand may be contaminating the Rogue River in an area where leftover leather from a demolished tannery litters the riverbank above the Rockford dam.

By Garret Ellison

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