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Nitrate Pollution: A Growing Challenge for Communities of All Stripes

Cancer-causing pollution from agricultural waste plagues rural, suburban, and communities alike. ELPC is fighting to fix it.

6/9/25

Kathleen Garvey

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Protecting Michigan Manure Regulations

The biggest facilities represent the biggest risk to water quality, and they should be held responsible for managing their harmful waste.

9/25/23

Kathleen Garvey

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EPA’s Disappointing Delay in Addressing Factory Farm Pollution

EPA needs to recognize, through real policy changes, that CAFOs are engaging in waste disposal, not crop fertilization.

8/22/23

Kathleen Garvey

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Winter Manure Spreading is Bad for Midwest Water

Frozen ground can’t absorb nutrient pollution, so it washes away and affects communities downstream.

1/20/23

Kathleen Garvey

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