Tragedy: Toxic Fumes From Hog Manure Kill Father and Son

Factory farms, and the waste they create, contribute to a
wide host of problems, from air and water pollution to lowered quality of life
for communities surrounding them. But, as a recent story by Mother
Jones explains, those issues are far from the only problems posed by excessive
animal waste.

The author explains that “concentrating thousands of hogs in
one place means concentrating huge amounts of their shit, too; and that shit
puts off gases that are so noxious that they can kill people who work near
them.

According to the Des
Moines Register, “A father and his son who were so close that they were
‘like glue’ were killed Saturday by noxious fumes from a northwest Iowa hog
manure pit—the second father and son in the Midwest to die of poisonous manure
pit gases this month.

Factory farmers have a habit of blatantly disregarding the
environment as well as the animals they confine, mutilate, and kill to make a
profit.

The best thing we can do to protect people, animals, and the
environment from factory farmers’ crap is to adopt a compassionate plant-based
diet.

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recipes, click here.