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The Health Report: Poultry Waste Lawsuit

WUGA | By Lauren Baggett

Published June 3, 2021 at 12:54 PM EDT

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss a lawsuit filed by residents in Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties over health concerns related to one farm’s alleged misuse of poultry waste.

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