http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/images/china-sick-pigs.jpgFactory farming poses as much of a threat on the animals that it enslaves, as the humans that consume its result. The mass waste that is produced as a result of the heavy concentration of animals is without a proper home. Sadly this waste is sprayed on fields or kept in huge vats eventually leeching into the ground water. The spraying of animal waste into the air releases numerous amounts of toxins, which can affect air quality for miles due to the heavy concentration. The most hazardous of these gasses are Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide; known to be fatal to humans in a high enough concentration. (Kilborn)
The meat, which is really meant to look as little like meat as possible, is of an even more vile condition. The animals are tortured due to their confinement; some are badly scathed with open sores, exposed bone, filthy cages, and even dead animals. Animals are mistreated to the point that some do not even make it to slaughter. As long as the animals are living at slaughter they can legally be sold as meat. How do you know if the animals are not sick if they are constantly fed antibiotics and steroids? How will eating sick meat affect humans?
Antibiotic resistant microorganisms are now common knowledge among most of American society. Yet we still eat the meat responsible for their mutation without much concern. These microorganisms eventually make it into the food chain due to the large scale processing and runoff onto other farms due to improper handling. This has huge impacts on human health especially in the future as the shit accumulates by the lagoon full.
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