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Fowl Play
Factory farms get off easy on air pollution |
Amanda Griscom |
19 May 2004 |
Muckraker |
| What do the National Chicken Council, the National Turkey Federation, United Egg Producers, and Tyson Foods have in common? Crying fowl. Photo: USDA. Well, first there's the obvious fowl connection. Then there's the foul connection: Their facilities, known as "concentrated animal feeding operations" (CAFOs), have growing air-pollution problems thanks to the mountains of gas-emitting excrement deposited ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, air pollution, business, food, health, industrial ag, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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