Pork Power, Are Hog Farmers Creating A Waste Hazard? »
Posted By tehranchik 3 months, 1 week ago in NewsCesspools or lagoons are just holding places for the 9.5 million tons of hog manure that's produced in North Carolina every year. There's real potential for damage when the manure is liquefied, and then sprayed as fertilizer onto the company's fields.
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Well, I'm from and live in the Pacific Northwest. I did live in the middle east during the late 70's and early 80 ...
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tehranchik3 months, 1 week ago
Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote about this problem in his book 'Crimes Against Nature'. He quoted the hogs as having 10 the amount of waste as humans.
I'm just curious as to whether this could be the source of salmonella outbreaks.
Here's what the Mayo clinic says about salmonella:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/salmonella/DS0...
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berkeley3 months, 1 week ago
john robbins, in diet for a new america, will give you enough details to change your life.
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tehranchik3 months, 1 week ago
There are environmental laws demanding that the waste be treated before it's sprayed on the crop fields---it's not being treated.
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