Environment: Large Livestock Operations in Iowa
A Des
Moines Register analysis of state records found that the Iowa
Department of Natural Resources approved the construction of 110 new
hog confinement sites and confinement expansions that will sidestep permit requirements under a sweeping new law passed by the Legislature this year.
County-by-county lists of new last-minute projects
Detailed maps of existing confinements
Confinement Concerns Round Up
Study links hog odor, weak immune system
University
of North Carolina researchers, in a small but groundbreaking study,
have found that stress from hog odors apparently suppresses the immune
systems of confinement neighbors.
Hog odor battles head to court
Disputes
over hog confinements are spawning a record number of lawsuits brought
by Iowans who say they've too long been powerless in the fight to stop
the spread of large-scale pork production.
Monitor county lakes, too
Counties
that have declined the state's offer to test their beach water for
fecal bacteria this summer may be afraid of getting a black eye if
results are bad.
Editorial: Clean water? It's up to Iowans
News that up to 600 hog producers haven't filed manure-management plans is maddening, but not just for the obvious reason.
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