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increased
rates of headaches,
eye irritation, chest
tightness, respiratory
problems, and weakness
in pig factory farm
neighbors (1)
doubling
of production on
factory farms could
lead to a 7.4% increase
in infant mortality,
deaths driven by
elevated levels of
respiratory
diseases (2)
nightmare
neighbors
a scientific study
sampler on community
health in factory
farm-land
elevated rates
of respiratory and
gastro-intestinal problems,
mucous membra
ne
irritation, runny noses, sore
throats, excessive coughing,
diarrhea, and burning eyes
reported for those
with factory farm
neighbors (4)
no stench since we have far fewer animals than a factory farm and
don't use manure lagoons. Instead, the animals' manure can be
used to fertilize our crops, which will be used to feed them. This is
all part of the natural cycle of agriculture that is rapidly being lost
at the hands of the corporations that keep building more factory
farms.
Neighbors are speaking out around the country—for our health
and our quality of life.
Kathleen Neal is part of a group of citizens in South Bend, In-
diana, that formed to lobby against a CAFO in their community. In
an editorial in the
South Bend Tribune
, she wrote that large-scale
animal production facilities are “notorious across the Midwest for
