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Fact Sheet on Hogs
Prepared by Rick Dove, with the Waterkeeper Alliance  (April, 2007)
Please feel free to download a copy for reference.


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Fact sheet on hogs

River activists raise a stink over hog waste lagoons
Wake Weekly, June 28, 2007

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Activists protest to end pig-waste pits
News and Observer June, 2007

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Fayetteville Observer:  Water and workers in danger at plant
A hearing on Thursday on Smithfield Packing could dramatically impact the quality of water of thousands of North Carolina residents and the lives of Smithfield employees and their families.

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Fayetteville Observer, March 2007
 

Herald Sun:  Eastern NC residents, environmentalists want hog lagoon ban

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02.20.07: Environmentalists want hog lagoon ban
 
Rolling Stone:  America's top pork producer churns out a sea of waste that has destroyed rivers, killed millions of fish and generated one of the largest fines in EPA history.  Welcome to the dark side of the other white meat.
12.14.06: Pork's Dirty Secret
 
NRF Press Release:  Smithfield Agreement Press Release
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2006: Smithfield Agreement Press Release
News & Observer:  Slaughterhouse operators admit dumping waste
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03.20.02: Slaughterhouse operators admit dumping waste

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