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Science Technology and Environment

Oklahoma’s loophole: How Tyson’s water use goes unchecked

Juan Vassallo

While Tyson says its growers obtain water from ‘lawfully acquired sources,’ the state’s permitting system allows poultry operations to pump water without permits.