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Amid Iowa's Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting
10/25/26, 12:00 AM
In 2018, thawing manure ran off of neighboring fields where it had been spread, polluting the stream on Gordon Garrison’s property in Estherville, Iowa.
More than a decade after the EPA found that Iowa wasn’t cracking down on polluting factory farms, the state continues to hedge on enforcement.
Feeding the Beast: Third in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet nearly untouchable American meat industry.
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