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Ohio creek runs red after hog feces contamination

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/TMX) - A creek in Wyandot County, Ohio, known as Poverty Run, turned a startling shade of red earlier this week after being contaminated by what officials say was excess hog ...
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'It's like red blood': Ohio creek turns red due to potentially hazardous contamination

CAREY, Ohio (WKRC) - An Ohio community was bewildered when its creek started running red like "blood," a problem which the EPA explained was caused by the "overapplication" of pig feces. Locals ...
Columbus Dispatch

Ohio creek turns red from pig manure. Ohio EPA steps in. What's being done about it?

A malfunction at an Ohio hog farm caused liquid fertilizer from a manure lagoon to spill into Poverty Run, turning the creek red. The Ohio EPA is overseeing the cleanup of the creek, which is not a ...
WTOL

Ohio EPA: Wyandot County creek contamination caused by farming equipment malfunction at nearby hog farm

CAREY, Ohio — The cause of a bright red color in a Wyandot County creek has been identified as a farming equipment malfunction at a nearby hog farm, the Ohio EPA said Thursday. According to the EPA, ...