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Hog Country Is Flooding
Animal Day/Flickr Four thousand clay lagoons full of manure runoff from North Carolina’s hog industry are at risk of overflowing after Hurricane Florence dumped more than 30 inches of rain across the state. North Carolina’s Black River, Northeast Cape Fear River, and Cape Fear River are cresting at historically high levels, and represent the most swine-farmed watershed on earth. [New Yorker]
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Four thousand clay lagoons full of manure runoff from North Carolina’s hog industry are at risk of overflowing after Hurricane Florence dumped more than 30 inches of rain across the state. North Carolina’s Black River, Northeast Cape Fear River, and Cape Fear River are cresting at historically high levels, and represent the most swine-farmed watershed on earth. [New Yorker]
But what exactly is in all that manure runoff? We’ve got you covered.
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- 🚨 More than 70% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on animals being raised for food. Every year, around 2 million Americans suffer from infections that are made more difficult to treat because of the antibiotics we consume through animal products. [mindbodygreen]
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