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Sep 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1/ Many people who live near #factoryfarms have to live with a terrible stench.

Here’s what’s behind the smell — and how it’s impacting their lives. vox.com/future-perfect…
2/ Many of the around 9 million pigs in North Carolina — the third largest producer of swine in the US — live in big factory farms, and all of those pigs produce a lot of waste. Image
3/ On these factory farms, that waste is collected in big outdoor lagoons, and then sprayed out across fields as fertilizer.

People living in communities nearby complain their daily lives are disrupted by the stench, and they fear that it’s affecting their health.
4/4 On this episode of the Future Perfect podcast, three North Carolinians team up with a lawyer to fight back against these lagoon and sprayfield systems.

Listen: pod.link/futureperfect

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