“Dr. Sacoby Wilson, professor at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Sciences, returns to the show to give further context on health impacts and environmental justice research in North Carolina as Hurricane Florence bears down on the Southeastern United States.”

“Host Mitch Jeserich is joined by Dr. Sacoby Wilson, professor with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health (@UMDPublicHealth), to talk potential health impacts and environmental justice implications of the storm.”

“If you’ve ever passed a large pig farm or cattle operation and rolled up your windows to keep out the stench, imagine living next door to it. Neighbors believe regulations that govern how smelly and messy a hog farm can be haven’t kept pace with just how huge these farms have become. So they’ve been suing the farms under nuisance laws – and lately they’re winning those cases."

“As U.S. livestock farming becomes more industrial, it is changing rural life. Neighbors have to contend with noxious odors, toxic emissions and swarms of insects, and have had little success in obtaining relief – but this could be changing.”