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Hidden Wells, Dirty Water
An investigation into groundwater contamination in the heavily agricultural Lower Yakima Valley found that local, state and federal agencies responsible for clean drinking water and environmental health repeatedly neglected their regulatory duties. This left low-income Latino farm workers exposed to health threats.
Tags: dairy industry; water; agriculture; Latino; contamination; nitrate; wells; environment
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Toxic Fumes, Blisters and Brain Damage
This story examines a link between the toxic fumes produced by the largest dairy farm in New York state, called Willet Dairy, and the health problems suffered by its neighbors.
Tags: toxic fumes; dairy industry; New York state; dairy farms; factory farms; cows
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Are more mega-farms headed to this area? Economic benefits touted; neighbors cite environmental concerns
This three piece series examines the "mega-farm" phenomenon and the impact it could have on Hancock County, Ohio. Moser interviewed people who work on and live by mega-farms to predict the pros and cons of mega-farming in Hancock county.
Tags: farming; agriculture; commercial farms; environment; Ohio Department of Agriculture; dairy farms
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King of Kings
Fresno Bee profiles the sprawling agricultural empire J.G. Boswell Co. and its clout in the political circles. This in-depth study of the King County cotton business reveals that the company has run into trouble with the environmentalists over its plans to repackage one of its ranch and sell it to dairy operators. Managing the manure has become the key issue in the game.
Tags: J.G. Boswell Co.; King County; cotton; dairy farming; agriculture; manure management; dairy waste; water water; Boswell
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Candidates turn to Westport for financial help
The Hour (Norwalk, CT) reports that "If money is the mother's milk of politics, this town is a dairy farm. Westport's Democratic, Republican and unaffiliated residents give and give and give to campaigners across the country running for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency...."
Tags: donations
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A River Under Seige
In a three-day series examining the environmental and economic issues surrounding the San Joaquin River's slow death, The Record reveals the costs of living next to the sick river. The lower San Joaquin carries thousands of pounds of salt and selenium-laden runoff from farms, waste from dairies and untreated storm runoff. Ratepayers in Stockton face higher utility bills to improve a wastewater treatment plant. Farmers lose crops to salty water, and water earmarked for households and businesses must instead be used to help dilute the polluted river. (June 30 - July 2, 1996)
Tags: Nickles A river under siege Contest entry Environment 29 pgs.
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Harper's Magazine examines the use of Bovine Growth Homone (BGH) in dairy farms in Vermont and the role of biotechnology in food production;
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Just Say Moo: Now they want to drug the cows.
The Progressive criticizes the efforts by chemical companies to promote Bovine Growth Hormone, a bioengineered substance injected into cows to increase milk production, November 1989.
Tags: Monsanto American Cyanamid Eli Lilly Upjohn dairy BGH farming food Norton
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Milk's dark side
Fort Worth Star-Telegram finds Erath County dairy farms routinely dump untreated animal waste into streams, stock ponds and rivers, threatening Central Texas reservoirs and aquifers.
Tags: animal waste; farms; dumping; water; dairy farms; environment
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Atlantic Monthly publishes article on dairy farm subsidy program woes, October 1983.
Tags: dairy; farm; subsidy; atlantic monthly