- 10 million hogs live in North Carolina's coastal region
- 8 million humans live in North Carolina
- 92 percent of North Carolina's hogs are raised on factory farms with at least 2,000 hogs
- 1 hog generates as much waste as 3 people
- 2.5 tons of hog feces and urine are produced in North Carolina per citizen each year
- 52,000 tons of waste are generated by North Carolina's hogs daily
- 640,000 pounds of nitrogen are generated by North Carolina's hogs daily
- 213,000 pounds of phosphorus are generated by North Carolina's hogs daily
- 22 million gallons of hog waste were dumped into North Carolina's New River after a waste lagoon burst in 1995
- 11 million gallons of oil were spilled in Alaska's Prince William Sound by the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster
Source: Environmental Defense Fund
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