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Xeni Jardin / 4:21 pm Tue, Sep 18, 2018

Hurricane Florence makes pig poop ponds overflow in North Carolina

And you thought 2018 couldn't get more grimly, disgustingly, apocalyptically fucked up.

There are roughly 4,000 “hog-waste lagoons,” that is the official term folks, in North Carolina. In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality today says a number of these pork poo ponds are at risk of flooding and overflowing. Read the rest

Xeni Jardin / 11:04 am Sat, Jan 20, 2007

Big factory pig farms are some of America's worst polluters

In Rolling Stone, Jeff Tietz has an investigative piece on how Smithfield Foods, America's largest hog slaughterer, circumvents law, pollutes like crazy, and creates antibiotic and vaccine-laden pork products that feed our country. Read the rest