Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it

Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it

When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion about what was tainting the once-clear mountain water.  Tests later confirmed her hunch. Bovine DNA had infiltrated drinking water supplies in rural Loganton, Pennsylvania — contamination her lawyers linked to Nicholas Meat and its practice of spreading liquefied animal waste on nearby fields. That may not have surprised many of Leigey’s neighbors. …