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Debate Continues over Hog Farming's Impact on N.C. Rivers

North Carolina's $7 billion pork industry has to balance business against the environmental threat of large-scale hog farms. A non-profit group believes the scales are tipping toward disaster, and they're determined to prove the current waste disposal system isn’t working.
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North Carolina's $7 billion pork industry has to balance business against the environmental threat of large-scale hog farms. A non-profit group believes the scales are tipping toward disaster, and they're determined to prove the current waste disposal system isn’t working.

Reporter : Cullen Browder
Photographer : Keith Baker
Posted 2007-03-19T19:08:47-0400 - Updated 2016-03-10T16:55:33-0500