MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Alex Rose – “A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Environment Protection said initial testing at Ridley Park Lake has so far produced no clues to the cause of a mass fish kill discovered there late Saturday.

‘The field tests that (DEP agent Michael McAdams) did showed nothing abnormal,’ said DEP spokesperson Deborah Fries. ‘The Ph, the acid level, the dissolved oxygen – all were normal (and) tests for chlorine and solvents were negative.’

Ridley Park Borough President Bob Berger said he and state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-162, of Ridley Park, were notified by a resident of dead fish floating in the lake at about 8 p.m. Saturday.

They contacted the DEP and other state agencies, and McAdams arrived on the scene about 9:45 p.m. Saturday to take some initial samples. Fries said more thorough lab testing in Harrisburg would likely be completed by next week, but she is not confident the cause will ever be identified.” Read more.