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This video segment adapted from 'Earthkeeping: Toxic Racism' looks at how pollution from an industrial hog farm impacts people who live near the farm. Learn about waste lagoons and other environmental hazards from animal feeding operations. Hear the story of how one hog farm has affected a community in North Carolina and how residents sued the farm for violations of the Clean Water Act. In addition, learn about how minority communities are unfairly affected by environmental issues. Includes background essay and discussion questions. [3:16]
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agricultural runoff, environmental justice, factory farms, hog farming, afos, cafos, concentrated animal feeding operations, pbs learningmedia, pbs learningmedia: environmental public health: environmental justice: opposing industrial hog farming, animal feeding operations, drug-resistant pathogens, farm runoff, industrial farming, overuse of antibiotics, resistance to antibiotics, factory farming
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional