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blj-539	Wheeler, Emma	Hog Pollution in North Carolina: Policy and Legal Analysis	2023	13	.pdf	application/pdf	5763	331	47	The state’s affinity for the pig is no surprise given that North Carolina is the second biggest pork-producing state in the country, producing $2.9 billion in hog sales in 2012.1 With that revenue though, comes vast amounts of pollution in the form of hog waste, which pollutes the streams, rivers, and air. Municipal human waste is sent to wastewater treatment plants where it is collected, treated, and disposed of in such a way to “prevent, as far as reasonably possible, any contamination of the land, groundwater, and surface waters”.8 In contrast to the treatment of human waste, hog waste is minimally treated and undergoes no standard or regulated treatment process.	cache/blj-539.pdf	txt/blj-539.txt