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Animal Ag News 12/18

Agwired

Many of these facilities are located near communities with environmental justice concerns that have bodies of water impaired by nutrient pollution. The board of the National Institute of Animal Agriculture recently approved forming a new Council: the Animal Disease Issues & Emergency Management Council.

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Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs?

Civil Eats

The agency recently reported that more than half of the country’s rivers and streams are in poor condition due to nitrogen and phosphorous pollution from agriculture , which later contributes to dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere.