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Shows a small scale natural gas manufacturing facility. The footprint is only about the size of two large houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Proposed Senate Farm Act promotes biogas, but environmentalists object to opaque process

by Greg Barnes May 31, 2019May 30, 2019

By Greg Barnes and Emily Davis Environmentalists say the latest version of the North Carolina Senate’s proposed Farm Act of 2019 would further erode transparency in the hog industry and could forever cement in place the use of lagoons and spray fields to eliminate hog waste. Hog production provisions in the act, which appear to […]

shows the back of a man standing at a plane side, helping load up, the view is through a set of bright orange struts
Posted inPublic Health

Medical and Other Supplies Fly Their Way to Florence Flooded Areas

by Rose Hoban September 23, 2018September 16, 2022
North Carolina is home to roughly 8.6 million farmed pigs, on hog farm such as this. Many of the pigs are kept in confined shelters, producing malodorous waste that can harm nearby residents. Photo courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Neighbors Win First Hog Farm Case

by Catherine Clabby April 27, 2018September 20, 2022
Aedes aegypti most likely originated in Africa; since then, the mosquito has been transported globally throughout the world, through global trade and shipping activities. It's a very good transmitter of Zika virus, along with dengue and Chikungunya virus.
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health

UNC Researchers: Zika Hits Women Hardest

by Catherine Clabby December 1, 2016December 2, 2016
By 1900, Nags Head had become a thriving tourist destination. Photo: N.C. Division of Archives and History
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease

Carolina Plague & Nags Head

by Editor July 11, 2016July 10, 2016
commonly known as the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes Albopictus is capable of transmitting chikungunya. Photo courtesy Wiki
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Building a Map of Zika-bearing Mosquitoes, One Tiny Egg at a Time

by Catherine Clabby June 24, 2016September 7, 2016

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