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Tyson Busted for Polluting River--Again
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It's a given that cows on factory farms are forced to live most of their lives in feces-filled holding pens, and it was so nice of Tyson to share that crap with everyone who relies on the Missouri river for drinking and bathing water.
And if you think this is an isolated case, think again. In 2002, a Cargill-owned hog farm was fined $1 million for illegally dumping animal waste, and Smithfield Foods, the world's largest hog producer, has been fined $12.6 million for polluting the Pagan River, just to name a couple of examples.
Of course, water pollution is just one of the many ways that factory farming wreaks havoc on the environment. Don't even get us started on greenhouse-gas emissions, deforestation, and wasted fossil fuels.
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One of the sights common to bikers riding across the United States is the sight of a factory farm pumping sewage where it should'nt.
If we ever go on another cross-country trip of three months or more, I intend to take some really interesting photos of what tourists don't pay attention to, such as trucks full of cows, chickens and pigs lined up in front of the processing plant at night (they can be seen from the road) the lagoons full of excrement, and my personal favorite, the traffic jams where I am surrounded by livestock peering out between trailer slats. I am then going to try to get the photos published in a book. My tentative title is "From The Farm To Your Table: A Long And Tortured Road."
Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | August 25, 2009 07:07 PM
The inhumane poultry, meat and pork industries are responsible for inordinate and pernicious air, water and land pollution. A decent US Attorney General would prosecute them for felany environmental crimes.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | August 25, 2009 07:38 PM
Shut them down.. 2 million is not enough for these assholes!!!!!
Posted by: carla | August 25, 2009 07:44 PM
it's only fitting that the people who allow the abattoir to exist in their area should be allowed to reap the benefits!! yum yum drink up!!
Posted by: chris | August 25, 2009 08:05 PM
Wow...so they were doing this in 2002 and did they stop and then start again or did nobody check back with them before now? I can imagine that nobody probably checked back until now because there are much more important things for the government to worry about than our environment...(sarcasm). Oh, and Meg Schramm...I think that's a great idea. *thumbs up*
Posted by: ObladiOblada | August 26, 2009 10:48 AM
Rev Meg Schramm, Your comments are certainly noteworthy! It hurts my heart to hear about what we do to animals and how so many people are unconscious to their plight and when you attempt to make them aware, become very hostile about changing their world view about how animals are treated in the meat industry!
Posted by: Joyce Collins | August 26, 2009 11:02 AM
Thanks for posting the story; sad that these stories are generally not as widely-read as, say, Madonna's divorce or the Yankee's latest win or loss...
Posted by: elaine | August 26, 2009 12:35 PM
Oh come on Chris. No one has the right to tell anyone where they can build a multi-million dollar, revenue generating company. (There's your clue.)
Though I can't imagine why no one is regulating them and that they are allowed to do this, shut them down. Make them pay to clean up the river and don't allow them to re-open until the river is clean.
Sounds like a fair solution.
Posted by: Susan | August 27, 2009 03:39 AM
Go Meg!
Let's flood the market with books from every angle until they get it.
Save those who can be saved.
Posted by: Saucy | September 1, 2009 10:31 AM