June 9, 2025 - Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig poop pollution from nearby factory farms in Duplin County.

April 5, 2016 - Two employees of the Atlanta company were forced to submit to cheek swab DNA tests to determine whether they matched that of the "devious defacator" in their facility. Two employees of the Atlanta company were forced to submit to cheek swab DNA tests to determine whether they matched that of ...

May 27, 2025 - North Carolina’s laws limit the ability of residents to put forth nuisance lawsuits against the state’s agricultural industry — the bulk of which belongs to Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods. “I think that was shameful on their part, not just because they passed those bills, but because ...

June 24, 2015 - Based on the scene of the crime, ... That’s where Atlas got into trouble. Supervisors forced two workers, named Dennis Reynolds and Jack Lowe, to submit to cheek swabbing, comparing their DNA to the DNA found in the poop....

March 30, 2021 - CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina William T. Stetzer announced today that the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina entered final judgment in the amount of $4.5 million against Douglas Smith, resolving ...

January 10, 2019 - The landlord at Annobee apartments in Tacoma issued a renter a $200 fee after DNA linked a piece of dog poop to her poodle. Dog owner Angela Poe is contesting the fee, saying it wasn’t in her lease agreement.

February 24, 2023 - An official website of the United States government · Here’s how you know

December 5, 2023 - A Colorado town is considering DNA testing more than 50 canines living in town-owned apartments in an effort to solve a longstanding problem of pet owners either failing or refusing to clean up after their dogs.

In State v. Pennington, 327 N.C. 89 (1990), the North Carolina Supreme Court considered for the first time whether evidence of deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) testing was properly admitted as a new scientific method.

August 31, 2022 - Industrial farms blame people, not their animals, for much of the fecal bacteria that gets into NC rivers and streams. Rverkeepers think DNA testing will help them prove who is actually responsible.

March 20, 2021 - Offering products that allowed consumers and patients to analyze the DNA of their own microbiomes from fecal samples, uBiome filed for bankruptcy in September 2019, about four months after the FBI began investing its billing practices.

February 14, 2018 - Workplace privacy is more than if your boss digs into your genetic markers

May 18, 2025 - His remains were recovered from ... Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, on December 26, 1978, and labeled simply as Body 5, as his were the fifth set of remains unearthed from beneath Gacy's property. His identification was announced on October 25, 2021. Alexander had been living in Chicago ...

June 23, 2022 - Today six North Carolina community and environmental justice groups announced that they will strongly oppose EPA’s motion to throw out their lawsuit to order the Agency to require Chemours to fund studies that are vital to protecting the health of North Carolina communities harmed by PFAS ...

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January 8, 2015 - Raleigh, NC -- Doggie DNA is becoming very popular at an apartment complex in North Carolina. Managers at a building complex in Raleigh are trying to figure out which residents are not cleaning up after their dogs.

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August 9, 2011 - Is DNA testing of dogs and dog poop good policy or police state mentality?

This report documents the progress achieved under a Federal grant intended to fund the upgrading of the DNA testing capability of Connecticut's Forensic Science Laboratory.

A New Hampshire man is trying to end the scourge of dog owners leaving behind their dog’s waste–and he thinks technology is the answer. Jon Kelly, a high school English teacher, is proposing that cities use DNA testing to fine and discourage negligent dog owners · “I’m not a dog poop ...