(NaturalHealth365) North Carolina’s hog industry creates over 19,000 jobs and $10 billion annually for the state. But pigs are a dirty business. In fact, the state’s 9.5 million hogs produce over 10 billion gallons of waste, and the giant pink pools that dot the Tar Heel landscape – waste lagoons of untreated pig feces and urine – are not only a massive problem for the environment but a serious and life-threatening public health hazard.
Industrial waste lagoons can carry a toxic stew of E. coli, salmonella, cryptosporidium, and other dangerous bacteria. When the lagoons overflow and floodwaters …read more
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