Amy Goodman
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NC Lagoons Hold Billions of Gallons of Hog Feces. Hurricane Florence May Blast it into Waterways
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15:30Now PlayingIn North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, millions of residents are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which meteorologists are warning could unleash lifethreatening storm surges and historic flooding across a wide swath of the East Coast. Even if the storm weakens, experts warn Hurricane Florence could kill thousands of farm animals and trigger catastrophic waste spills from sewage treatment plants, hog waste lagoons and chicken farms. Many of the factory hog farms in North Carolina store their waste by spraying it on nearby fields and neighborhoods, or by depositing it in lagoons that can overflow during hurricanes, causing the toxic pig manure to pour into nearby waterways. We speak with Naeema Muhammad organizing codirector for the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network and Will Hendrick, staff attorney with the Waterkeeper Alliance.
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