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Animal Ag News 12/18

Agwired

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed regulation that would revise wastewater discharge standards for facilities that process meat and poultry products. Many of these facilities are located near communities with environmental justice concerns that have bodies of water impaired by nutrient pollution.

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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. However, tackling the problem won’t be straightforward.