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Environmental Groups Pressure EPA to Better Inspect New York Factory Farms

By Arielle Trimm

Albany, NY – Environmental groups issued a report Wednesday calling for tighter regulations of New York's Factory Farms and their policies regarding cow manure disposal. This comes in light of a recent 3-million-gallon liquid manure spill into Jefferson County's Black River that killed 100,000 fish and threatened local drinking water. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief, Arielle Trimm.