Source: Katy Langley, NEWS  & OBSERVER, 2/13/18


On  August 31, as many North Carolinians were making plans for Labor Day weekend, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) responded to a complaint of untreated waste spewing from an industrial swine facility into a stream near the town of Comfort in Jones County. The toxic mix of feces and urine entered the Trent River, a popular recreational resource for fishermen and paddlers.

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