Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and Your Health

(My apologies... I labeled this as "CONFINED Animal..." and not "CONCENTRATED Animal...". I have actually heard them referred to with both terms, but Concentrated is the preferred term.)

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are proliferating across America, and have even begun to spread to the UK and other countries. No scientific body nor ecological body approves of their existence, because of the immense harm CAFOs cause to the environment, the health of the people who live around the CAFO, and even to the economy.

In addition to the information in this episode, I am including some links to places that will give you more detailed information about these things, and the horrific impact they have on the environment, public health, and the economy. Please take some time to check some of them.

I apologize for the quality of the recording, but I recorded it outside in our summer shelter gazebo, and there was some wind noise. Even with that, though, I hope you find this very informative and educational... and that it stirs you to do something positive about this rampant attack on your  health, your family's health, and the health of the planet.

CAFOs pose a serious threat to human health 

 CAFOS use massive amounts of water

Rachel Carson Council statement on CAFOs 

Poultry Pollution

Delmarva CAFOs sickening local residents

The hidden cost of cheap chicken

The brutal cost of cheap chicken

The Union of Concerned Scientists: The hidden cost of CAFOs