Animal Waste From Factory Farms Poses Health Risk

Living in these areas under normal circumstances is linked to higher levels of kidney disease, anemia, tuberculosis and septicemia, together with higher infant mortality.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Communities near hog CAFOs have higher mortality rates from anemia, kidney disease, tuberculosis and septicemia, as well as higher infant mortality, likely due to exposure to hog waste

• CAFO animal waste is made all the worse by the fact that these animals are routinely fed antibiotics, which promotes drug-resistant bacteria

• Drug-resistant…