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ADEQ Calls for Independent Investigation of Buffalo River Hog Farm

J. Froelich
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KUAF

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hire independent experts to assess whether C&H Hog Farms is leaking industrial swine waste from its sewage lagoons located within the Buffalo National River Watershed. A research scientist with a University of Arkansas agricultural extension team last year detected possible leakage. ADEQ also plans to collaborate with the Buffalo River Coalition--comprised of groups of stakeholders that seek to shutter the factory swine farm.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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