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Author Archives: Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

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Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus

In what’s likely a first, a meatpacking plant employee won a COVID-19 workers’ comp case

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 21, 2021May 24, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Many workers compensation claims have been denied throughout the pandemic. But the court ruled the JBS employee was infected with COVID-19 at the plant and should be compensated for lost wages after he fell ill.

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GRAPHIC: East Asia leads world in purchases of U.S. meat

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 19, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus

COVID-19 outbreak at Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Missouri likely larger than originally known, OSHA documents say

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 10, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Graphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: As industry pushed fears of meat shortage, exports increased

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting April 21, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness, Coronavirus

Union files OSHA complaint against one of the largest pork plants in the country

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Since 1955 the Vermilion Power Plant has been storing toxic coal ash in three ponds next to the Middle Fork Vermilion River near Oakwood, Illinois
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GRAPHIC: Environmental regulation enforcement varies widely from state to state

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting March 24, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inAgribusiness

Information on factory farms is spotty at best. The government has been hogtied from doing more.

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 25, 2021February 26, 2021 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Posted inGraphic of the Week

GRAPHIC: Leafy greens have caused more than 40 E. coli outbreaks in the past decade. The FDA is trying to change that.

by Madison McVan, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting February 23, 2021January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

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