tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7050893234549572390..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-36522816522548382002007-04-11T16:59:00.000-05:002007-04-11T16:59:00.000-05:00In 1978, a friend's son was canoeing down the Tippecanoe River in Pulaski County. He cut his foot badly on the aluminum canoe somehow.<BR/><BR/>He removed his shoe to treat the wound. That foot came into contact with the water.<BR/><BR/>He was dead in a week.<BR/><BR/>The culprit? Rancidly polluted water from a multiple hog and chicken farms upstream. Their sewage had seeped into the river.<BR/><BR/>Farmers have been allowed to dump millions of tons of chemicials on fields with almost no training and oversight. Ditto the settling ponds for animal waste.<BR/><BR/>Action against polluting farmers is deacades overdue. And these monsterously huge confined feed operations are often even more offensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-10577812265087999722007-04-11T15:31:00.000-05:002007-04-11T15:31:00.000-05:004/11/2007 3:56:09 PM<BR/><BR/>Press Release:<BR/><BR/>Statement by Indiana Agriculture Director Andy Miller<BR/><BR/>“Recently the Indiana Department of Environmental Management responded to manure runoff complaints from two large dairy farms, one in Randolph County and one in Huntington County. The majority of Hoosier livestock farmers work hard to comply with the strict environmental regulations covering manure storage, handling and land application. However, when these requirements are not met, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture supports swift regulatory action to correct and penalize these errors. Livestock operations are a valuable part of our state’s economy and supply us with affordable, nutritious food, but they are only valuable and accepted when they are properly managed.”<BR/><BR/>Source: Indiana State Department of AgricultureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89464266678963010082007-04-11T13:12:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:12:00.000-05:00Pork's Dirty Secret: The nation's top hog producer is also one of America's worst polluters<BR/><BR/>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters/1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-59708074725920878672007-04-11T12:26:00.000-05:002007-04-11T12:26:00.000-05:00It only took them two years to figure this out. <BR/><BR/>Wonder how long it will take them to figure out the negative impact of pumping unlimited amounts of water from non-renewable underground aquifers to supply all these new ethanol plants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31495299119344725202007-04-11T10:47:00.000-05:002007-04-11T10:47:00.000-05:00You can take the boi out of Marshall but you can't take the Marshall out of the boi !Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-30211887658002168392007-04-11T10:00:00.000-05:002007-04-11T10:00:00.000-05:00Since my job entail environmental management this story jumped out at me from today's paper. I sent to my boss who lives in Florida which has highly controlled measures do to the ground water down there. <BR/><BR/>This can be controlled. You need to set up a program, and most states have a program that if you ask them to come in and look at your facility they will, but if they find something you must FIX it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com