Iowa Factory Farm Pollution Penalties
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•Iowa is "in crisis" due to illegal manure discharges into waterways, new report says
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Iowa regulators are failing to properly penalize Iowa factory farms for illegally contaminating state waterways with animal waste, an advocacy group says.
Food & Water Watch : 179 incidents in which livestock operators discharged manure in violation of the law.
Iowa has more than 700 “impaired” waterways that contain toxins at levels above federal safety thresholds.
Iowa taxpayers pay up to $66 million annually in statewide drinking water cleanup costs.
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