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As massive hog confinements spring up across Illinois, pig waste spills have destroyed fish and other aquatic life in rural waterways.
Pig waste spills prove deadly to rural Illinois waterways
Stacey Wescott / baiduhai
Retired farmer Leland Ponton, who lives near Beaver Creek, said he’s finally seeing some improvement in the creek after a 2012 waste spill allegedly caused by an Iroquois County, Ill., hog confinement devastated the fish population.