U.S. Slaughterhouses Dump Wastewater Containing Blood, Body Parts and Bacteria. The EPA Is Looking to Change That.
Slaughterhouses and meat and poultry processing plants use large volumes of water to clean carcasses, machinery, work surfaces and floors. The wastewater can cause harmful algae blooms, kill swaths of fish and expose local communities to bacteria that cause gastrointestinal illness. By Natasha Gilbert Slaughterhouses…

