41.   WASTE-SUMMIT - WASHINGTON - The livestock and poultry industries may be facing serious changes as pressure mounts in Washington to set federal pollution standards for animal waste.

42.   Water, a greater evil in this storm than wind, also posed an environmental and public health disaster of leaking industrial chemicals and animal wastes.

43.   When Premium Standard Farms sprayed animal waste on fields, it was technically doing the same thing farmers have always done, but in much larger amounts.

44.   A state grand jury in July indicted Bonaccurso and the packing company on charges of improperly disposing of blood and animal waste, polluting nearby streams.

45.   Among the proposals made by the European Commission were stricter rules on processing animal waste, as well as controls on meat by-products like bone meal.

46.   Baby elephant seals are born into what Fletcher describes as a crowded septic tank of animal waste in the rookeries.

47.   But Meacher said nitrogen oxides from traffic and ammonia from farm animal waste are also causing major pollution problems.

48.   E. coli can be spread through contaminated food or water, contact with animal waste or through person-to-person contact.

49.   Fecal coliform is bacteria that indicates the presence of sewage or animal waste.

50.   Nitrogen in the air from animal waste and burning fossil fuel is a growing source of pollution in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a study being published Wednesday.