Pig poop in North Carolina has become quite a problem along the coast. There is several different ways people believe that this can be fixed. Some believe the problem can be fixed with new technology, others think it can be fixed by more strict laws, and others are worried about the bacteria getting into their water and air. This paper gives some ideas of why people are worried and how these problems can be fixed. The first problem could possibly be the biggest problem. What should farmers do with all the waste pigs produce? “Yet what would become of North Carolina’s estimated 4,500 active lagoons, not to mention 1,700 inactive lagoons, if the state’s hog farmers were required to use other waste treatment technologies and abandon their lagoons?”(Bills).
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“Branch is one of over 500 residents in eastern North Carolina who are suing Murphy Brown, the pork production arm of Virginia-based meat conglomerate Smithfield Foods. They are seeking damages over the cesspools, or lagoons as the industry calls them—uncovered earthen storage pools of waste. The complainants say the lagoons disrupt their lives and devalue their properties”(Decommissioning). Many people are concerned about what bacteria can be getting into their water.The spill tore a 25-foot-wide gash in the side of the farm’s 8-acre waste lagoon, an above-ground earthen enclosure built to hold 30 million gallons of hog waste. A wall of wastewater washed out part of a driveway and cut large swaths across fields and woods. Researches are trying to create a better way to stop the bacteria from getting into the local water around the hog factory. The researchers have come up with several different ideas to try and stop the pollution from spreading into the air and water. “People just can’t ignore this,”(Hog). said Naeema Muhammad, a co-director and community organizer at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. “The air stinks, the water is contaminated and property values are deplete”(Key). This new technology should help with the pollution problem that pig farming can cause. This new technology is also somewhat affordable, so the farmers can get this technology without emptying out their pockets. This makes it much easier for the problem that the pig farms have to be fixed but also be put out of
“Branch is one of over 500 residents in eastern North Carolina who are suing Murphy Brown, the pork production arm of Virginia-based meat conglomerate Smithfield Foods. They are seeking damages over the cesspools, or lagoons as the industry calls them—uncovered earthen storage pools of waste. The complainants say the lagoons disrupt their lives and devalue their properties”(Decommissioning). Many people are concerned about what bacteria can be getting into their water.The spill tore a 25-foot-wide gash in the side of the farm’s 8-acre waste lagoon, an above-ground earthen enclosure built to hold 30 million gallons of hog waste. A wall of wastewater washed out part of a driveway and cut large swaths across fields and woods. Researches are trying to create a better way to stop the bacteria from getting into the local water around the hog factory. The researchers have come up with several different ideas to try and stop the pollution from spreading into the air and water. “People just can’t ignore this,”(Hog). said Naeema Muhammad, a co-director and community organizer at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. “The air stinks, the water is contaminated and property values are deplete”(Key). This new technology should help with the pollution problem that pig farming can cause. This new technology is also somewhat affordable, so the farmers can get this technology without emptying out their pockets. This makes it much easier for the problem that the pig farms have to be fixed but also be put out of