That sinking feeling: Hog lagoons, superbugs, and the proliferation of antibiotics in livestock
Andrew David Thaler • agriculture, biology, ecology, evolution, Natural Science, Science • January 2, 2012
The murky brown water was still, reflecting, perfectly, the drifting clouds above. Had I not known what it was, an acre-wide manmade pond almost a dozen feet deep filled to the brim with hog feces, I might be tempted to describe it as “beautiful”. Hog lagoons like this are a common sight in North Carolina, […]