Factory farms in North America

[PygmyPlaidGiraffe]

there are claims that factory farms, like the huge hog farms in North Carolina, are not held to the same standard as industrial corperations,when it comes to dealing with waste.

The corperations that run the factory farms claim hog farms are environmentally friendly, do not infect water tables, and there is not a need to treat animal waste, and people that live nearby are being alarmist. The corperations claim that the environmental damage was minimal when hurricanes hit the Carolinas and flooded out factory farms and flooded over manure lagoons.

State and provincial jurisdictions in North America agree with the corperations, and in at least one jurisdiction the government has moved to legislate taking away communities powers and individuals power to appeal the the development and growth of factory farms.

Individuals and communitues in Canada are concerned because of a recent event in Walkerton, Ont., where E. coli from cattle manure is thought to have contaminated the water supply with fatal results.

So far, the evidence suggests that the bacterium responsible for the outbreak, E. coli 0157:H7, likely originated from animal waste from one or more of these farms. 32 per cent of wells in rural Ontario exceeded the acceptable standards for fecal contamination (a common indication of the presence of pathogens like E. coli).....

from resources liked here:

http://www.colba.net/~ajstrong/water.htm




What becomes of manure?