Factory Farms Pollute the Environment and Poison Drinking Water
TRUTHOUT The polar opposite of a factory farm. A pig herder in Romania. Photo by PetrS. Hog waste can contain potentially dangerous pathogens, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Story here. RELATED: "In Hogs We Trust." A critique of Manitoba’s “runaway” hog industry. By Larry Powell. Part 1 - Antibiotic Overuse. Part 11 - The price we pay for corporate pig$. Part 111 - From Malaysia to Manitoba - the global magnitude of livestock diseases. Part 1V - The health and environmental costs of an expanded hog industry. Part V - What’s behind Manitoba’s drive to expand?