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CAFOs implicated in swine flu outbreak

April 28th, 2009

By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now

It’s been reported that the global swine flu outbreak most likely originated in a small town in Mexico that straddles a large pig operation; there a 4-year-old boy was believed to have been the first victim of the influenza virus.

Now officials say there was a larger outbreak of a respiratory illness in La Gloria earlier in April, with some victims falling sick as early as February, according to a report in The Times of London.

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Odiferous Overcrowded Dairy Farms Not Just A Problem for Cows

July 11th, 2008

By John DeFore

Vegetarians and concerned carnivores alike have long protested the way livestock is raised at many large farms. But it’s taking some time for Americans to view this not only as an animal-mistreatment issue but one that directly affects human health. The Union of Concerned Scientists has taken the issue up, and is driving its point home by citing a recent event in which rural Minnesotans actually fled their homes as a result of animal crowding’s side-effects.

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