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What's the big deal about pig odor?

Conservatives are having a little fun seizing on an appropriation to study the odor as an example of wasteful spending, but it's no laughing matter -- it's deadly serious.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Friday, March 6, 2009 03:42 PM

    Hog wash

    If hog farms endanger our health and environment, shouldn't we be banning and regulating these gigantic hog operations instead of studying how to make them smell better?

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