environment
Bird flu: Not just for the birds
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or “bird flu,” is on the move in dairy herds across the United States, and while scientists seemed baffled by the means of the H5N1 virus’ initial leap from poultry to a herd of Texas dairy cattle in March, poultry-industry insider William Wymore, of Owensville, believes its transmission can be easily explained. The storage and land-application of poultry and meat-processing sludge is facilitating the spread of bird flu, he alleges.
Denali’s Gideon basin deemed unfit
The integrity of Denali Water Solution’s Gideon storage basin in McDonald County has been compromised. Heather Peters, with the Water Pollution Section of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said her department investigated the condition of the basin after an area resident reported that the basin’s liner appeared to have floated to the surface.
DNR to host public hearing in Barry Co re land-application of waste
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host an in-person, public hearing in Barry County regarding proposed permits by the department for the land-application of industrial meat, poultry and other food-processing waste and human biosolids in Barry and McDonald Counties.
Sheila Harris: Feces by another name
My heart is a little bit broken. With the proliferation of land-applied industrial processing waste in Barry County, I’m already seeing, firsthand, the degradation of the natural resources for which the Ozarks are known.
SLUDGE fund grows
State Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Noel, and State Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby, spoke to a group of some 100 people who attended an event to raise money for legal fees for SLUDGE, LLC, at East Newton High School, Feb. 24.
House bill takes aim at ‘cesspool’ of meatpacking sludge
Between Vallerie Steele, her seven siblings and their children, there’s always a birthday or anniversary to celebrate on the family’s southwest Missouri farm. The summer months are typically a parade of pool parties and barbecues.
Sheila Harris: A license to pollute?
In 1903, my great-grandmother was orphaned at age 10 by the typhoid fever that killed her parents and a sibling, and the hand-dug well on the family’s farm was suspected to be the source of the water-borne bacteria.
Denali to drain wastewater residuals lagoons in Missouri
The draining of Denali Water Solutions’ storage lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Macon counties is scheduled to begin after the company’s signing of an administrative action issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on Jan. 31.
