Smelly, potentially toxic milk dumping in Beaver County has neighbors concerned

After months of excess toxic milk being dumped on land west of Interstate 15, residents of Greenville are worried about ground water contamination. For decades, the hill was a dumping site for whey, a liquid derived from cheese production which is often used as fertilizer. But for months, residents have been documenting trucks dumping large quantities of milk that become toxic on the hill.
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[@hautemama85]

Imagine if an individual did this, but since it’s a corporation they get free reign to destroy the environment.

[@thickgirlsneedlove2190]

Cry 😂😂

[@howardmckeown7187]

*rein

[@AvianTCG]

@@howardmckeown7187 actually Stephani spelled it right

[@darthbane5357]

@@thickgirlsneedlove2190Sad! You obviously haven’t had enough attention at home so you start seeking it online 😅

[@johnbeton4058]

Indeed.

[@vallee7966]

It’s disgusting on two levels at least. The company can’t do the right thing, just to save a couple bucks. Polluting the area & getting away with it due to technicalities in the law. These corporate creeps should have the rotting milk dumped on their residential properties.

[@James-ng5bx]

Must be pretty ripe stinky companies really dont care all the oil polluteing the environment rotten milk dangerous chemicals it bad

[@roxaskinghearts]

Well hold them accountable o right they probably sent all there money over seas and theres nothing you can do about it so basically you let them do this and run

[@VAULT865]

💯

[@stenyethanmathews945]

What u going to do? Implement more regulations? Won't that cost the city precious jobs? The company would just leave that town and go do it elsewhere right? 💸💸💸💸 It's the American dream. Ya gotta live in the bed you made. Anyways best of luck.

[@ensotao1]

@@stenyethanmathews945 only takes another way - wouldn't be that hard to find a solution.

[@wagahagwa6978]

for moment i thought that was rotting fat, flesh, and blood and im here, stunned by the fact its milk proves how disgusting this is

[@PotawatomiThunderNew]

I felt the same way. Like at what point does it turn red? How disgusting must it be by that point.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Yeah me also thought this was a literal flesh n bloodbath!😁🤣✌

[@brandib2821]

@@PotawatomiThunderNew from red algae growing in it

[@studiscool88]

You may be right about the rotting flesh

[@user-qk1kg3xf9q]

They are throwing dead cows in there too

[@mortenrl1946]

fun fact: human senses are the way they are for a reason. If something stinks or tastes really bad, it's probably not good for us. Very few exceptions to this rule.

[@fun4225]

Not fun

[@eluminaryxarrais7735]

... Well one popular exception is cheese... there effectively just making a very bad smelling cheese. This is kind of bad reporting rotting milk smells bad but it's not dangerous

[@blairturner139]

@@eluminaryxarrais7735 actually it is listen to the whole video

[@eluminaryxarrais7735]

@@blairturner139 I did they mentioned the algae is dangerous... if you directly drink the rotting milk with the algae in it it's not going to be having a good day for you you'll get sick but it's unlikely it's going to be much more than diarrhea it's as dangerous as if you find a small pond with a dead deer in it and drink that. Over time though the bacteria and the algae will die especially by the time it gets to groundwater it's no longer going to be an issue.

[@draconicusmathiusanytherio7630]

@@blairturner139 it’s not so much the milk that’s dangerous as what can grow in it, like the red tide algae, the same kind that is deadly to corals and killing reefs in the ocean

[@deshb22]

I'm so sick of big business cooperations having a complete disregard to both our environment and the detrimental impacts on humans. Whether is oil, leaking fuel tanks, or nitrates from mountains of chicken poop, we need to hold these companies accountable for the damage they cause to our health. No more loop holes excluding them from safe and sound practice's

[@punker4Real]

this is pro vegan movement story a vegan is trying to get the place shut down

[@caticornevaline9586]

Who needs food, who needs milk, cheese, beef, chicken, or eggs. Who needs business polluting milk that contains 3% protein that may put out a little bit of nitrates, which I doubt. You guys are so brain dead, this is BS. That pond is so tight, the fat in the milk will seal it batter anything else out there. 25% of dairy product come from DFA, it would be impossible to boycott.

[@915rko]

That means we have to scratch out most of Congress and House, to get rid of the corrupt people taking money and passing the laws.

[@Gluvkgluvk]

As if they didn’t cause enough damage with the droughts already

[@weeband101]

Don’t forget the drug pandemic that was caused by pharmaceutical companies

[@nullfield6514]

How this isn't already illegal is absurd

[@bradforward850]

Keep voting Republican.Cause "We don't need no stinkin' regulations! It's much cheaper for me to dump it anywhere, why y'all trying to take my money?" Definition of Republican. You get what you vote for. Suck it up snowflakes.

[@veiledallegory]

You have no idea why you’re talking about. It’s organic material!

[@buddhabBALLlN]

money talks thats how,,,, you milk them for everything then throw in jail duhhh

[@Vizzi12]

@@veiledallegory you have no idea what you’re talking about if you think the classification of “organic waste” means “you can dump it anywhere” 🤡

[@12time12]

Look who represents the state, that answers your question.

[@maton-ish]

This is why we ought to support local businesses. Corporations absolutely do not care about their customers. Support your people not the big corps.!

[@mrsleep0000]

Local business can't manufacture the computer you use or bring the internet to your house. Good luck with that.

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@mrsleep0000 stop trolling.

[@usmansiddiqui1384]

This is really good journalism. They did their research, no opinions, no bs.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Wow trusting someone illegally dumping to do soil tests themselves? What a joke. That family needs a good lawyer.

[@caticornevaline9586]

How have they been damage other than having to smell something bad? Which knowing Beaver area the wind constantly blows, yea I doubt they smell it much.

[@provocativeproductions]

@@caticornevaline9586 did you even watch the video or are you just too stupid to understand why this can be dangerous

[@Nathan7041]

@@caticornevaline9586 Crops grow out of the ground where water saturates, ya dip

[@matthewserrao2926]

@@caticornevaline9586 bro go enroll at ya local community college, and take a geology class lol. Liquid permeates

[@shanwow2636]

Idk why they still allow companies to conduct their own investigations it absolutely needs to be from a third party.

[@mrsalwaysrightforever6283]

If it smells the way it looks, I feel really bad for the people living nearby 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮

[@johnstaton5524]

What about the people who live next to water treatment plants? I think thats way worse then dumping spoiled milk.

[@josephpeterlee4699]

I thought that the local milk industry was attempting to make a giant loaf of CHEESE, using the Natural Organic Method of procurement. I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. Also: Surely that giant pond of dead milk is guaranteed to attract massive ZOMBIE HOARDS from all over Beaver County, for an undead ho-down of epic proportions? I'm really so sorry, I did it again!

[@ProleDaddy]

They said this has been going on since the '70s. Just think that this has been here for half century. People have lived their whole lives around this. How repulsive.

[@erismana2105]

They chose to live there

[@antoniobranderas]

Smells like dirty beaver.

[@karifoto]

The dairy farm could still end up being able to do this by getting that ground water permit. These residents need to organize to get new regulations in place. Don't let this continue. Contact environmental organizations who can help. Raise funds if you have to. I'm familiar with Beaver County and it's too beautiful to harm in this way. Plus the impact on wildlife needs to be considered as well. This is another example of why people all across America need to push back on all the loopholes these awful corporations get to use. Contact local and state legislators too.

[@footstepsforafrica3452]

Kudos to KSL for a great investigation that helps protect the community.

[@patriclo9509]

I worked at a dairy processing plant many years ago. Milk came in and was packaged. Sometimes it did not sell by the date stamped on the package. We had to manually empty all the containers. We put them in old 5 gallon milk containers. Those would then be taken to a hog farm and fed to the pigs. A much healthier way of getting rid of spoiled milk.

[@ms.fravell7606]

Use in all animal food a cow. will consume a mix of its own product ,just may not be stored for years though

[@DFADairyCoop]

Hi Patric - When we received a residential complaint in July, we ceased utilizing the agricultural field in Beaver County for these activities and sought alternative options. Most recently, this includes sending the milk to an anaerobic digester that utilizes food waste in Salt Lake City to generate renewable energy. We are committed to being good stewards of the environment as members of the community and will continue to work with the state and our neighbors to rectify this situation.

[@biggestcomplainer]

@@DFADairyCoop honestly I’m impressed…… good job and keep informing others in the comment feed of this.

[@caticornevaline9586]

Yea I did this with my great uncles watch milk from his dairy, the pigs would go crazy for the milk/curds. The stuff looked disgusting, it would be a little pink some times. I would what the red is?

[@operationd--msday]

@@DFADairyCoop Why did this even happen to begin with? Why is it that the average person can do much less and have much MUCH more consequences than this travesty? How did it get this bad?

[@runninggreywolf8313]

We already have water shortages. If it contaminates their groundwater, this is serious health concerns.

[@killmonger4169]

No one cares.

[@mrike5651]

Start buying bottled water and big jugs of water we do that here in South Florida.

[@Rob-ct1hw]

Health concern yes but there is NO WATER SHORTAGE IT is planned and the proof is in the documents. California and other states have been selling the water to private resorts and other places

[@nottheone582]

guess what animals consumes a TON of water?? you guess it

[@jeffschmeganheiman]

If it cost them more money, they will do everything possible to not be held accountable.

[@Jennifer-gt9gc]

What a lovely day to be lactose intolerant. But really, that's horrible. I hope it gets solved.

[@missingnotheglitchmon]

The fact that we have a Team Rocket grunt of all people calling this out shows how big of an issue this is.

[@parzival1176]

Is no one going to ask the blaring question of where all this massive excess of milk is coming from and why it's being thrown away?

[@JoseValencia-fr8wh]

My head snapped back when I heard the lawyer looking lady say, “I think this might be just a misunderstanding “.💀

[@emotionalboii]

Like HUH??

[@small3687]

They normally slide a blank check into a politicians hand while saying that.

[@rainesonne1320]

That’s disgusting! Why is so much milk going to waste in the first place! Donate this milk to families and homeless people that need it! Sell it cheap before it goes bad! Stop impregnating so many cows at one time or allow the calves to stay with their moms till they are weaned! There are healthy options that could be implemented before the milk goes bad!

[@TUBESPECIFIC1]

Brainless corporations and their executive officers are all about maximizing profit and their personal gain at any cost to everyone else and the world itself in which we all live in. This is why we don't have a country...

[@MrKWiley918]

Its dumped because it wasn't fit for consumption.

[@whattheysayaboutme425]

They want to keep prices high

[@trinity2145]

They dumped it because it wasn’t good to sell. I’m assuming.

[@JohnnytNatural]

It's probably bad for some reason, it's a large company so millions of gallons of milk, every now and then they get a bad batch and got to get rid of it

[@GwPoKo]

Thank goodness for the KSL TV Drone taking KSL TV Exclusive Video Footage of the toxic milk spill with KSL Exclusive Team Coverage of the KSL TV Drone Footage. I for one, love the KSL TV Drone Footage of this Exclusive KSL KZbin Channel covering KSL Exclusive TV News Story in KSL Utah

[@poisenbery]

"Are the actions legal? That's where it gets complicated" No such thing. If it's not explicitly illegal, then it is allowed.

[@monkeybusiness2204]

The local government needs a problem to go viral before they are willing to take action.

[@hattielankford4775]

Tell that to people who think government oversight and regulations are always bad things and so choose not to appropriately fund important government agencies.

[@TH-eb5ro]

they have a FB page

[@sjcflawless]

There’s alot to say with this video. It takes someone in a powerful position, government, more than one person to the media that has demand low(key point), or a natural disaster for a drastic business change to occur.

[@edwardsage524]

True. Its pathetic.

[@vickieadams6648]

Every single time.

[@hermenutic]

Corporations have a substantial track record of leaving toxic waste behind while removing profit. That practice is unlikely to change. There's always tough talk to match the initial outrage. Just wait and see what happens.

[@asherdie]

That is a co-op of family farms, you know, the salt of the earth poor, subsidized farmer.

[@hermenutic]

@@asherdie are they happy with the results of their labor? That's the important thing.

[@veramae4098]

And the drivers of the trucks? The people loading it at the industrial site? It's not just corporate, it's everyone who doesn't object. "I'll lose my job," they whine in defense. So what's your defense if someone dies or this reaches the ground water making it undrinkable? "Their tough luck."

[@minealsomine9663]

Since when is milk toxic? Then slap yourself for being that stupid

[@t.g.7180]

EXACTLY!! “We appreciate your concern... but GFYS” 😃

[@dt9233]

Very important to get this clean cleaned up and very soon...

[@billclinton3862]

Excellent journalism, To the point and no nonsense.

[@itstvil]

Literally a Hazmat situation and it’s not being taken seriously. Milk is an environmental hazard and needs to be mitigated in a specific way. Absolutely ridiculous

[@kellywalker1664]

I guess George Monbiot wasn't kidding.

[@gravityimage5]

Agreed. Could you image the amount cow tireless work it took to make all that?? This is another reason I only drink Oat and almond milk.

[@ixxxxxxx]

@@gravityimage5 hate to break it to you but drinking almond "milk" does nothing to the dairy industry

[@gravityimage5]

@@ixxxxxxx Theres no question about that! the question is the milk and meat industry sustainable?

[@gravityimage5]

@@ixxxxxxx There's no question about that! But is the daily and meat industry sustainable?

[@Jack_all]

With global fertilizer shortages and 400% increases in price one would think this problem could pose a great opportunity for an entrepreneurial minded person.. That waste milk could be directly used as fertilizer or could be converted to nitrogen and sold for a profit opposed to dumped at a financial loss .

[@paulchristensen2854]

Cheaper to dump it than process it into fertilizer.....is there a plant anywhere close that can process it?.....its all about money.....dairy farmers of America are wildly over supplied with milk to be dumping it and not making cheese or milk powder condensed milk ice cream out of it. I think "cutting their losses" is what they are doing

[@peachbubble8652]

Dumping is cheaper but they could at least dump at a proper site

[@patriciarouse2801]

Poluters count on FREE pollution. Pollution- profit is the same thing.

[@susannadzejachok3230]

@@paulchristensen2854 lt could be applied directly.

[@susannadzejachok3230]

@@paulchristensen2854 A cheese plant is unbelievably high tech. Hard to set up when you just have some extra milk all of a sudden.

[@disquiet3163]

We all know how this will play out: while this is being "investigated" you'll have hundreds of more trucks dumping milk just because of the mountain of legal paperwork required to hold anyone accountable. The problem seen frequently is that someone somewhere with a lot of power and reach decides things like this aren't a priority to address.

[@levitheguy6086]

I remember hearing once that milk is just really finely filtered blood and puss which makes the fact that it’s red extra disturbing it’s a pond of blood 😨🤢

[@karries6342]

Exactly

[@marcoemilianodellacroce5068]

I can't stand cow milk, it's blood and puss for baby cows nourishment. It is not ment for human consumption much less adults. Cheese on the other hand is undeniably delicious.

[@FruiteeK]

Thats not correct! Smdh 😒🙄

[@marcoemilianodellacroce5068]

@@FruiteeK from the fda website: Pus and blood are common contaminants found in milk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average person eats about 160 pieces of fecal matter and 3 gallons of milk each year. Fecal matter can contain bacteria, viruses, parasites, and their eggs. Milk is a common vehicle for these contaminants to enter the human body. The CDC states that approximately 1 out of every 20 thousand people infected with hepatitis A will become ill from consuming contaminated milk. About 1 out of every 50 people infected with hepatitis B will become ill from consuming contaminated milk. About 1 out of every 20 people who consume raw or undercooked meat will develop food poisoning due to contamination by E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria contained in animal feces.

[@FruiteeK]

@@marcoemilianodellacroce5068 that's isn't what is made of duh it contains it if the cow has some in its utters or system like anything else we consume for example of you put soup in a bowl that had dirt in it doesn't mean the soup is made of dirt it contains SOME DIRT

[@madpatriot4608]

This is why we need strong environmental law, and none sellout politicians

[@KB-nt7eg]

If you write a letter hard enough or vote hard enough, I'm sure the corrupt politicians will step down. The harder you write and vote the better.

[@jesuslover5968]

The rich and people in power don’t care about us or anything that affects us

[@jesuslover5968]

@@KB-nt7eg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aethrya]

Keep your laws away from my cattle

[@jonathanstrauss8194]

@Marie Rodriguez that was due to an algal bloom. Was stated in the video. Doesn't make it healthy.

[@kimt1054]

I didn't know there was an over supply of milk causing a need to dump it. That's so sad on so many levels.

[@lukechert6418]

The oversupply of milk is the defining situation for the entire dairy industry. Millions of gallons of milk have been dumped since the covid lockdowns. Wasted milk, wasted animal care drugs, wasted alfalfa, wasted water, wasted land - and now a major pollution issue in many states.

[@KATY03160]

I don't believe there is. .. . 👀🤔

[@alpyki2588]

There probably isn't. Unfortunate reality of farming is that excess often isn't rewarded. There's always a need for good food (maybe not here or in your/my community, but in other parts of the world or in poorer areas), but the issue is putting out too much can bottom out the price for milk, leaving it unprofitable to make. Basically price drops where it can't cover itself, because on average, people don't drink *that* much milk. You have limited intake of a perishable good. What would've been nice is if for the milk, right before its sell by date, they donated it to shelters or poor communities. That's something they need more than the expired crud-in-a-can that most households donate. Instead they decided it was more profitable, or just easier, to dump it like a bad Captain Planet villain. Economics. Explaining the worst aspects of society and making you feel bad since its conception.

[@nunyabusyness5608]

It’s shortages of workers dairy plants. Farmers can’t unload for pasteurization.

[@prairiedeath]

@@nunyabusyness5608 isn’t really shocking when you realize that the cattle, dairy and agriculture industries treat employees like actual slaves.

[@omarh789]

This is good news. Genuine investigative reporting.

[@anubis7242]

That is just one dairy company doing this. Where are the other dairy companies dumping their no longer needed milk?

[@runechuckie]

I have a pretty strong stomach, and working at a recycling place def tested it. I still think one of the most vile things I've ever smelt, was when one time we had a backup for a few trucks loaded with milk containers. Keep in mind the containers are already "spoiled/old" if there is any milk left by the time they reach us. So for them to sit for almost a week in the humid summer was brutal. The entire factory just had a heavy stomach churning smell that was unavoidable. Even while doing yardwork outside with a forklift it was still such a dank disgusting smell.

[@XSHADOWTHELEGENDARYHEDGEHOGxX]

and human death is worse

[@Newt2799]

@@XSHADOWTHELEGENDARYHEDGEHOGxX …

[@cameronrhodes2126]

That was just a few trucks and had that horrible smell. Imagine the smell of that place with spoiled milk so old, it’s turned red. horrible

[@forsakensavior7316]

Thats why i always rinse things and keep the lids open before i throw them in the recycle

[@Black_Aces]

@Charming Chowder Inflation

[@cocatfan]

Cows suffer so much in the process of milk production. It is criminal to not be able to figure out how to get the milk used instead of dumping it.

[@jcourt42]

you really need to visit a modern fully functioning dairy farm. compared to almost any other mass production farm animal dairy farms are very good at maintaining good cow health. believe it or not, a healthy, content and happy cow will produce more and better milk than one that is stressed due to poor health or stressful environment. If you truly want to see suffering of animals, try a chicken egg or meat housing. Or, swine house.

[@luxaeterna3246]

And humans suffer also by consuming the milk

[@notgay5859]

So glad I drink almond milk.

[@MsPegasus1001]

You are not going to get through to these morons Jeff Courtney they are brainwashed by their chemical milk and lack the proper carnosine amino acids to rub two brain cells together.

[@bbokari9880]

@@notgay5859 that one is good

[@adriany5455]

You are so right detailed I hope thiz does not continue to be threat to the health of people stay in it get results of what's really happening I addressed thiz one time I smell bad smell in water I didn't drink it.i was thirsty my noise is awesome tells me quick don't dring that I'm blessed to know when ever this happens especially if I'm smelling something awful.sometimes years go by and know one wants to test or acknowledge hey there's something not right.

[@evolution1333]

Thank you, it helped but i had a little bit of problems. Good Tutorial

[@c.r701]

Let's get real when this gentleman took his concerns to this big company they said who cares what some hick in a town says we can just sweep it under the rug he won't do anything about it. These big companies think they can get away with anything. The news needs to keep up on this to ensure that it is handled properly and taking care of.

[@MrPbip]

Every news station in America is full of s*** and they all lie and do what their boss tells them

[@ProleDaddy]

I worked for this particular big company for a while. My experience and the things I saw there were absolutely horrible. It was horrible sanitation-wise, environmentally, legally, and morally. This company processes a vast segment of the dairy manufactured in the U.S. It's sick.

[@gxlorp]

@yoyoyo it's local news So yes it is

[@donmac7780]

Unfortunately, all local stations and newspapers (the ones left) are being bought up by chains and the first thing they cut is such local issue reporting.

[@natstar7864]

News don't give a sh1t after they done their story entire town could get nuked after and they do not care.

[@jonathongr33n]

This is the kind of news I miss. Something that “helps the community,”(hopefully), brings awareness and provides good knowledge. Kudos to the good reporting on this one and also helping the community resolve issues

[@errolvanzie4765]

Exactly

[@0IIIIII]

Vote Democrat and end this Republican abuse

[@crazyliljoe]

@@0IIIIII both parties are 💩

[@brotherjoll1802]

I agree

[@jl1695]

Complaining about Dumping milk is helping the community?

[@LilUltraKataru]

Thank you for this

[@missf4681]

Where is all the concern from the authorities and their environmental concerns? Why isn't this stopped

[@desirreemarlenaclonch7593]

Go test sample the sludges and the dirt , and don't forget the Wells of local neighbors who live the closest to the dump sight

[@hautemama85]

Agreed, there could already be leakage into ground and well water.

[@desirreemarlenaclonch7593]

@@hautemama85 I don't know why some folks don't realize that a water testing kit is free and you can test your own water supply or other forms of water such as creek's stream's brook's spring's and river's, or ground water too, just make sure to write a short not of the location of the water source along with the City county and State

[@1truthbegettingtold275]

You would need a Hazmat suit. This is highly toxic.

[@cavelvlan25]

The local government made them dump the milk. If this is the same story I read awhile back. It is related to Teflon and the company making it polluting the groundwater to the point the compound in Teflon that is a forever chemical was showing up in the drinking water and in the milk the cows were producing.

[@killmonger4169]

No one cares. This will blow over

[@Pink7omy]

That’s so scary how blood red it looks and it looks like another scene from a zombie movie. People and animals are going to die from this if it isn’t stopes.

[@alysellscars]

Animals have already died for the milk to be produced to begin with. P.S. Your milk is bleached for it to look white. The poor cows utters are sucked so much that it creates sores, which bleed from the constant sucking after the blisters finally pop.. plus there is pus in the cow breast milk. In the US the FDA allows 750 million pus cells in every litre of milk. In Europe, regulators allow 400 million pus cells per litre.

[@empyrean196]

Ikr. I never knew milk could turn that color. Probably red from an environmental reactant like bacteria. Especially considering a rancid odor. I did some research. Maybe found what type. _---Serratia appears to be an omnipresent genus in nature. It is widely known as an insect pathogen and as a food-spoilage microorganism. Another remarkable characteristic trait of Serratia is the _*_production of cell-associated red color pigment,_*_ prodigiosin. The pigmented strains are nonpathogenic and used as a biocontrol agent in agriculture._

[@KATY03160]

50 years ongoing ... 👀

[@MissCellanious1]

Did I miss the explanation for the color?

[@rlmpproductions]

Milk is full of the blood from the cow. Blood and puss. They get what they can out. What they can't get out, you drink.

[@Nmsss760]

That looks absolutely horrendous 🤢

[@KD-qp3gc]

Dfa has trucks from Maine. I live in texas and every truck has a maine plate. Whats the angle on that?

[@philmfwalker1611]

They need to find the CEO of that company and hold him/her accountable.

[@ASSISTANCE.]

dfa always does things wrong! dfa in new Wilmington pa put milk in a creek and to this day only a few know about it and you can't get anyone to report on it

[@ADDMATTable]

Guillotine time

[@anthonyman8008]

You spelled we wrong

[@ASSISTANCE.]

@@anthonyman8008 was that for me? cause I only knew from a farmer

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@anthonyman8008 I don’t get it

[@shel629]

My father was a Demolition contractor doing industrial jobs. He sold materials out of those buildings and they were used again for other buildings. People built beautiful homes with old brick. Copper and steel were reused. People said the old wood was better than the new so there was big demand for it. That was ways he disposed the waste. Salvage! Recycle! Chemicals are a serious problem that needs addressing quickly. We cannot wait until there is a crisis to correct our problems than it might be too late

[@sir-richard4172]

It's already too late! Run, hide, get in your bunker! We are poisoned! Too late 😪.

[@shel629]

@@sir-richard4172 pray not. We must have hope. Just saw a report that the sun did not shine on the known world for one year and there was a world plague in 500 - A volcano must have exploded and caused it. 100,000 million people died. Humans overcame that. We must have hope.✌

[@notintohandles]

Are we talking about milk here?

[@shel629]

@@notintohandles talking about waste in general. We need to take waste management seriously to stop destroying our environment

[@rockon8174]

Exactly!!!!

[@streamer_services]

Why is no one asking WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE MILK TO BE DUMPED THERE TO START WITH?

[@gobbluth2609]

considering how sketchy the dairy industry already is, this is SO infuriating!!!!!!!

[@medusagorgon8432]

Now do this story in Mississippi and in Michigan! Y'all worried about possible nitrogen, when people are currently drinking from and bathing in a chemical cesspool that is literally killing them.

[@dacrosber]

PFAS water contamination is a lot more prevalent than anyone realizes I believe sadly

[@caticornevaline9586]

Protein pollution, holy crap. What milk is 3% protein. None of it is going to end up as nitrates. This is so stupid. The fat in milk is going to seal that pond so tight.

[@pthesmith]

@King DJ Go pick a fight with the corporations doing the polluting, not people talking about it on YT.

[@jaridkeen123]

This should be highly illegal. Its shouldn't even be Legal for a Company to dump water on the Ground. Everything should have to go to a Water Treatment Facility

[@juliaweber212]

I agree

[@me5768]

You have no idea on what you're saying. I've spent my life cleaning up after environmentalist's have screwed things up. Just take a look at plastic bottles and bags that was all on the so called environmentalist's fault. I've learned when they get involved it only makes things worse.

[@rl2769]

Fools

[@MrPbip]

Well I think it should be illegal for stupid people to have kids. Because we just end up with more stupid people

[@sm_stormzy1075]

I like your Minecraft building videos

[@pumpkingirl4229]

I can just imagine the smell...I can barely stand smelling spilled milk in car..😝

[@Human-lg8hb]

They could have done so many things to prevent so much milk getting wasted, if they have too much then they could have donated it to schools or homeless shelters. But if it’s gone bad then why? Why did they let it get that way? If they can’t deal with it then don’t produce so much.

[@ProleDaddy]

I worked for this particular big company for a while. My experience and the things I saw there were absolutely horrible. It was horrible sanitation-wise, environmentally, legally, and morally. This company processes a vast segment of the dairy in the U.S. It's sick.

[@debismith2139]

Why didn't you report that?

[@masonloup8934]

@@debismith2139 cause nobody cares. Money and loopholes are what corporations thrive on. These companies are basically untouchable due to mountains of cash and our legal system being a complete joke

[@peterparleecarr4516]

I'd report it to the EPA and the FDA...

[@prairiedeath]

@@debismith2139 these things are already in the public eye, there are hours upon hours of footage of this injustice. You know what happens when workers organize to demand that something is done about the corruption within the dairy industry? We’re called radical left terrorists and beaten and intimidated into submission. We’re thrown in jail. And the ‘why’ of it all is very simple. When you have a government that is structured with Capital at its center rather than human and environmental needs, then it is the interests of Capital, not human and environmental needs, that will ultimately determine what is and isn’t acceptable.

[@prairiedeath]

@@peterparleecarr4516 the EPA and the FDA know. They both go out of their way to cover up stuff like this because these organizations all have their hands in each other’s pockets. Follow the money trail.

[@ThatBearHasMoxie]

My question is, "Why are they dumping milk in the first place?" What has made the milk get to this point where they have to dump it?

[@elem-sike4161]

A sudden shift in demand. Maybe milk wasn’t flying off the shelves during the pandemic and now you had an excess of expired milk at your facility. Pretty soon people are gonna question the excess of water being used for golf courses, hot tubs and pools or farming plants we don’t need like almonds.

[@twochucks0851]

Definitely pandemic related.

[@watertiteman]

Subsidies.

[@GROGU123]

Look up the articles, when they closed down the schools and restaurants during the pandemic, farmers had to dump all their milk.

[@anguishedcarpet]

@@elem-sike4161 hey now, almonds and almond milk slaps

[@handleher]

I watched a short documentary the other day, and a farm owner was dumping off All of his milk into a pond in the town, because his cows were producing milk which he normally sold to a lot of pizza shops in New York. They weren't opened due to covid so he was milk dumping. Now I see this and it's kind of shocking that..that's how bad it could be for people in that area and he was openly doing it.

[@1CoupedeTat]

milk "rationing" during covid caused lots of this spoilage and dumping by interrupting the distribution and sales

[@vikkisoderquist6013]

Holy crap! When are people gonna realize dumping anything is a bad idea???

[@eldermcnamara3631]

This is so disgusting on so many levels ! This is how we treat our planet nowadays ?? All because of saving a dollar and for laziness??? These milk corporations need to be charged and held accountable for illegally dumping milk on private property and on Land that belonged to the community… They didn’t even have permits to do this …

[@adrianc6534]

Thanks to the GOP now the EPA no longer has any power to regulate corporations like this anymore. If you want things to change don’t vote for garbage right wing assholes.

[@alekk2320]

How people aren't concerned by all the food being deliberately destroyed in the past year is beyond me.

[@DJRenee]

Last 2.5 years

[@joshuasrulez]

Isn't it kind of ironic that we have a massive baby formula shortage, yet milk is being dumped?

[@iwillhaveyourorder5174]

funny how there is a "food shortage" going on in America yet its becoming a lot more common for companies dumping away fruits and veggies and milk.

[@igotnoname4557]

The argument that this milk is going to release a dangerous amount of nitrates into the soil is a little bit destroyed by the fact that we aren't seeing huge amounts of vegetation directly adjacent to the pond. For those who are unaware, nitrates are the key ingredient in most fertilizers. We should see huge shrubs all over the place if that was happening, even in Utah. Also, I'm not a dairy farmer but, it seems to me, that the goal of dairy farming is to get that stuff into jugs and get it onto the supermarkets shelves. I don't think that dumping truckloads of milk into a pit was part of anyone's game plan. I'd be a lot more interested in why they had to do it than the fact that they did it.

[@KAGENfilms]

Very good investigative journalism!

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

You kidding? They didn't even wade into the pool of rotting milk to see how deep it is. That's what I wanted to know.

[@coreenaburke8534]

Yes!

[@BishopREALestate]

They need to fix this Immediately

[@hvghtcqlzns3891]

You're blessed with the gift of Tutorialism!

[@darshrathod8729]

Video for putting your own softs on or is that possible. I can softbox so would like to up load my own softs.

[@rainbowssparkle1499]

Price gouging anyone? Shortages? And if you really have extra, for the life of me, WHY doesn’t it go to under privileged people for FREE, if you are just destroying it? People and the government can be such jerks.

[@oneofmany1087]

defund them all

[@mathewbascom1811]

You know the constitution says the minute all the citizens in the country agree on it, were aloud to forcibly remove these f***tards.

[@MA-mh1vs]

The government is paying them to dump it to keep prices high. Just like they paid farmers to destroy corn crops and held up all the freight out in the ocean. They are making sure they get back every penny of those stimulus checks back with interest and all through inflation and the taxes they collect on it.

[@JohnDoe-yq8ox]

Costs too much to transport it.

[@MA-mh1vs]

@@JohnDoe-yq8ox It would be a tax write off but no doubt they are being paid by the DOA to dump it.

[@noahpehowic6080]

Good for the news agency for bringing this to light and into the public eye. Hopefully this will pressure the county to take care of things.

[@williamkuhns2387]

The reason for dumping milk is "supply and demand". If all that excess milk was packaged and brought to market that would drive the price down. It's market manipulation. whether it's milk or crude oil its all the same.

[@shanefoster6976]

In 2020 in Iowa after the storms they had a grocery store in Ankeny iowa did this because the coolers went down and the milk spoiled. The dnr found out and traced it back to them. They got in BIG trouble.

[@DJackson747]

I couldn't imagine the smell. We were on a family road trip a long time ago and forgot we had milk inside of a cooler for about a week after we returned, We opened that thing up and the smell was so bad, so strong that it made me instantly void the contents of my stomach on the spot. This has to be several orders of magnitude worse than that

[@celieboo]

Ikr! One time, a container of milk that we had just ourchased leaked in the back of my husband's jeep grand Cherokee. We wiped it up, but apparently some had leaked under the floor mat. 😳 🤢 We had to get the car detailed to get the smell out.

[@anubis7242]

"void the contents of my stomach" Why does that sound so much better than saying "vomit" or "puke"? 😆

[@PotawatomiThunderNew]

Yeah and to top it off, it’s gotta be just boiling under the hot sun which I’m sure just intensifies the stench.

[@trevorwetzel7611]

It's crazy that we have stringent liner, gas, and capping requirements for municipal solid waste landfills but they can dump an actual liquid that's biologically active on unprotected land with no consequence. The environmental laws in this country are so absurdly incomplete

[@highbrass7563]

Very well said

[@machinech183]

That lack of environmental law is on purpose. Remember to thank your politicians regardless of what party you claim as they're BOTH complicit in this destruction and lack of corporate oversight. Just as they've been handsomely paid to do. You didn't really think the politicians work for us did you?

[@leechjim8023]

The laws are already there, they are just not being enforced worth a darn.

[@Backyardmech1]

You gotta analyze more than just the soil. Monitoring wells or even temporary wells will have to be installed around the pit, and the water tested at a lab. If any contamination is detected the plume in the groundwater has to be delineated too.

[@celieboo]

I smell a class action lawsuit brewing. Also, why does milk cost an arm and a leg if they have such an excess that they are dumping massive amounts like this?

[@angiehernandez1564]

My aunt told me about how she thought they were dumping blood infront of her apartments in Maryland. I guess this might actually be what it is cuz she said the smell was awful.

[@dee7342]

Thats what Is actually thought, thats not milk at all !!

[@angiehernandez1564]

@@dee7342 in Maryland? Or in this video? Or both?

[@dee7342]

@@angiehernandez1564 In the video

[@DJRenee]

@@dee7342 things changed chemically after exposure. Milk doesn't stay white.

[@dee7342]

@@DJRenee Yes but I have worked on a slaughter house I know its blood. And milk doesnt get red doesnt matter with the bacteria in the water its still will not turn to red, its would be brown green etc !! They making these news just for people to believe it and yet we are in 2022 people still believe the news and everything told on Tel Lie Vision !!!

[@destho4308]

Yikes! The shots shown of the milk dumping pond looks like a horror movie scene.

[@reptilexd8040]

Yooo I can’t believe they added the Lake of Aeonia, this DLC is awesome

[@marco3dartist]

You want a milk monster? Because thats how you get a milk monster.

[@masterblaster9123]

The bacteria alone will cause an ecological disaster

[@callilove8378]

Straight pitre dish

[@ButtersCCookie]

That's why people drink breast milk and regular milk from cows everyday. Don't think without trying to find an answer.

[@_celestial_8752]

exactly because that algae is going to keep doing its job

[@user-nf1bz3sn4z]

can it create a plague?

[@masterblaster9123]

@@user-nf1bz3sn4z hopefully 💜

[@cattleblack2254]

Could be facing legal action??? A company that defied major laws for over 4 decades will probably face zero punishment 🤣🤣🤣 But if I was dumping milk without a permit I'd be in jail.... & you know this is happening all over America right now 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@caticornevaline9586]

Major laws, ,you mean EPA regulations that are loaded with agricultural exemptions.

[@KATY03160]

Right💯💯 In the meantime it makes ya wonder where they dumping all that milk now???? 🤮🤔👀😐

[@mandyshores1818]

Angers me that those cows suffered so much to have all that just get dumped like that!! Horrific!

[@Sea_Sword]

Cows don’t usually suffer when making milk????

[@LC.1990]

Absolutely. Horrible.

[@ianh7710]

Beaver county this is gold 🥇 turn it into a resource

[@o9oWiCKEDo9o]

We have a similar situation north of tremonton out by ATK. It smells horrible when you travel the interstate when the wind and heat hits. The creamery dumps the byproduct. Sounds like the usda or someone needs to re-evaluate these dump sites. How many more are there!? This is ridiculous.

[@lunagoodhart5489]

I'm in Australia and this just boggles my mind.

[@S.Clause]

@@lunagoodhart5489 check out FriendlyJordies on KZbin. He is a comedian that exposes bs in Australia

[@lunagoodhart5489]

@@S.Clause thankyou will do so long as he's not a vegan abolitionist or anything along those lines.

[@harveyplantharvester1502]

@@lunagoodhart5489 Oh, God forbid someone might be a vegan. It's just horrible to care about animals that aren't considered "pets," isn't it? Cruelty is much more preferred.

[@Cacowninja]

Is that a city in Utah?

[@PitsTasteGood]

I feel like the citizens surrounding the basin should pull up a bucket of the stuff and carefully take it to the dairy processing plant. They should then pour all of the putrified milk over the asphalt so the factory has to smell it.

[@soxpeewee]

So the factory workers suffer but corporate still doesn't care...

[@chrisf1147]

Pour it into the ac intake of the high up managers’ cars

[@PitsTasteGood]

@@chrisf1147 Now THERES a productive response!

[@steelreign1773]

@@soxpeewee let them suffer

[@ken45y]

@@soxpeewee Highly agree. They I. Sure don't even know. They are just peasants to corporate

[@CocoSpuzzillo]

this poor man and his family have been suffering that’s horrifying

[@mrshootyowl87]

Is there an update on this case? I really would like to know!

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

I was just about to comment this! It's now January 2023, I hope there's an update coming soon as I know the town of Beaver is known for it's good clear water. 🙏

[@juliaweber212]

People who did that should be arrested it should be against the law because it could hurt the environment

[@dragoonseye76]

It did hurt the environment 😓

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Arresting them would solve nothing. They'd be released in a few weeks, just like every other criminal. Unfortunately, the damage is already done. If it's been there since the 70's, it's a 90% chance that the water table *IS* contaminated. Cleaning it up will be expensive, and unfortunately, it won't reverse 40+ years of damage. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

[@tonyf.8858]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat Where did you get that "90%" figure? What kind of tests did you perform to get "90%"? Just curious.

[@myprophet1]

Human actions hurt the environment. Humans should be against the law.

[@lilbagz4418]

Why didnt they use it...whey has value

[@j887276]

Same here in Maryland with our "famous" blue crabs. When the price gets low fishermen/businesses literally dump live crabs or let them die ending up dumped somewhere. I've witnessed it myself as many have included the government. There's been investigations but nothing ever happens.

[@meyokkob458]

So sad the crabs could be used for food animals and people

[@rabbitguts2518]

@@meyokkob458 yeah but they dump it because then they won't be able to make money off it. If there's too much of something people want then people won't be willing to pay much for it, the moment things become scarce (be that engineered scarcity or natural) then people are suddenly willing to pay for it. (that perceived scarcity is why NFTs suddenly got really popular, because of the supposed scarcity) I do wish there was some way for them to reuse the product tho without waste. Such as using it for bait or similar.

[@meyokkob458]

@@rabbitguts2518 so true

[@mandlin4602]

That’s insane, if they wanted to artificially inflate the cost why don’t they just catch less of them?

[@j887276]

@@mandlin4602 I'm assuming because "local" small guys would catch a lot more and sell at a lower price. It's been on many local news channels but it never goes any further than that.

[@SoutheastanglerLLC]

the companies should be I court and closed down. I'm tired of corporate waste destroying land. All of us in wilmington are dealing with gen-x. Found dupont was dumping it in the cape fear river for years.

[@NiVoMediaSolutions]

best of luck from Ottawa Canada!

[@AnthonyGale]

KSL, keep us updated on the story.

[@bradgibson516]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kewlztertc5386]

This could've been such a positive thing. If they had sprayed the land instead of dumping into a stagnant pool, it would've helped the soil. Now they have a toxic hazard to clean up.

[@mandlin4602]

Oh I can promise you it won’t be the dairy company who clears it up. The tax payer will.

[@cheeseisgood17]

that was a super good investigation

[@125discipline2]

i hope the local people will give their time and energy to solve it on the field, and not just talking about it on the internet and call it a day.

[@aliciaseecharan]

Wow, that’s unreal. If it’s been going on for years, what are the new changes to milk for this to be happening now ? I hope they find a way to resolve this issue.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

They aren't making the whey for fertilizer anymore. That means excess milk.

[@alexmotts]

Sometimes you just gotta take matters into your own hands. I say shoot the POS thats the ceo responsoble for this. And the lawyers state officialls and the rest all involved who are clearly taking money to look the other way. Its time for citiizens of this country to take back their country. Start shooting now. F the questions. Its time for the crooked POS who run this country to die off.

[@harveyplantharvester1502]

They inject the cows with lots of chemicals like growth hormones, standard practice. There's a new shot they're also now being given (take a wild guess) If you drink cow's milk you're not only participating in incredible animal suffering but setting yourself up for hormonal cancers and other diseases.

[@Jazmine17273]

Better find a way

[@Starchface]

According to the press release, they have an excess of milk due to hot weather. I am not sure how that logic works. Perhaps the milk is spoiling and unusable, and so they dump it on Whey Mountain.

[@Mike__B]

"We appreciate the concerns that have been brought to our attention" Translation: Damnit they caught us and somehow this got escalated to the regulatory level. "to ensure that we are following all applicable regulations" Translation: We'll be sure to stop doing this as soon as we find somewhere else to dump it.

[@bvnnyteeth]

Can someone explain why it’s blood red if it’s milk? I’m genuinely really curious if anyone can give me that answer I looked it up everywhere but can’t seem to locate an answer.

[@simpman9977]

I saw the thumbnail and thought it was a bunch of dissolved corpses. That's absolutely foul!

[@justinfowler2857]

Dumping milk and yet cheese prices have skyrocketed with everything else.

[@patriciarouse2801]

These situations can be resolved by composting in combination. The problem with poluters is cheap and greedy.

[@killmonger4169]

America 🇺🇸

[@maximus4765]

Just make it profitable to make the compost. Viola, now it's a mainline product.

[@TremblingQualifier]

LOL that woman just said "it's just a misunderstanding" . horrible behavior.

[@amandawilder7353]

As we are/were all told only two dairy products per person and costs sky rocketed due to supply & demand issues, yet there's enough to dump?