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Pig Excrement Spills Into North Carolina Floodwater

North Carolina is a state with more hogs than New York City has humans, and in the wake of Hurricane Florence, it now has swells of pig poop swamping the sides of lagoons meant to hold it. Of the 4,000 lagoons across the state, two have confirmed breaches; seven have reported discharges; four are completely flooded and 14 are close to overflowing — and Pork Council officials say they’re worried about what more could happen before the flooding subsides, Bloomberg reports...