Source: Leah Douglas, THE FERN, 6/28/20

The Department of Agriculture should restrict certain animal disposal methods used by farmers who euthanize herds during the Covid-19 pandemic, and make information about those “depopulation” events public, says a coalition of environmental groups that petitioned the agency Monday. “Not only will the requested rules help prevent catastrophic harm to people and the environment, they also will provide people living near mass carcass disposal sites with the information they need to protect themselves,” the petition reads.

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