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Center for Biological Diversity: In Response to Lawsuit, EPA Pledges to Strengthen Standards for Slaughterhouse Water Pollution
September 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021:

In a victory for clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced late yesterday that it will update water-pollution control standards for the slaughterhouse industry. The announcement follows a December 2019 lawsuit from community and conservation organizations challenging its prior decision not to do so.

"For decades the EPA has . . .

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