J. FACTORY FARMING POLLUTION

AnthonyAú · Aug 20, 2024, 12:37 AM

J. FACTORY FARMING POLLUTION

The current practices used to maximize output in factory farming are inhumane, unhealthy and show no regard for human or non-human life.
Total and partial confinement systems severely restrict the physical and social activity of animals, causing excessive pain and stress.
The use of drugs and hormones to produce abnormally fast growth is cruel to animals and unhealthy for humans.
These practices endanger public health by lacing the food supply with powerful drugs and by encouraging the growth of drug-resistant pathogens.
North Carolina must find a better way to dispose of the waste produced by factory farms.

The hog industry should clean up and properly close the more than 700 abandoned lagoons in eastern North Carolina.
Existing hog factories should meet more stringent performance standards. Hog factories using open-air lagoons and aerial spray-fields should replace them with more effective waste management systems.
Hog farmers and large pork producers that own hogs should be legally liable for their business and environmental practices. We support legislation that would make these businesses more accountable to the public.