FACTORY FARMS
February 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
AN ORGANISATION representing 50,000 environmental health professionals in the USA is calling for a moratorium on opening what it calls Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs) - factory farms - alleging they spread disease.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) has cited a number of problems with 'CAFOs', including drinking water contamination from animal waste runoff, growing antibiotic resistance resulting from antibiotics routinely fed to animals, severe respiratory problems in factory farm workers and - crucially - illnesses among ...
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