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Meatpacking plants mostly pollute low-income, communities of color, EPA data shows

POSTVILLE, Iowa โ€” In March, officials in Postville shut down its water treatment facility for two days as city employees worked to prevent polluted water from a meatpacking plant from entering the water supply.  Agri Star Meat and Poultry had discharged more than 250,000 gallons of untreated food processing waste โ€” blood, chemicals and other […]

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