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What's Beneath Controversial Newton County Swine CAFO?

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published May 18, 2016 at 12:34 PM CDT

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance has asked the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission to shutter a Cargill-integrated swine breeding CAFO on the Buffalo River Watershed, citing possible evidence of pollution stemming from new subsurface data generated by a state-funded Big Creek Research and Extension Team investigator.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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