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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

“EPA’s continued failure to stand up against industry pressure ignores and perpetuates the potentially devastating impacts of industrial animal agriculture on our communities.” As a result, they found meatpacking plants “may be causing or contributing” to high rates of permit violations at those facilities.