More than 35,000 miles of rivers were polluted by the big feedlots in the past decade
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More than 35,000 miles of rivers were polluted by the big feedlots in the past decade, according to the EPA.
Becker, Elizabeth, "US Sets New Farm-Animal Pollution Curbs," 12/17/02