Factory farming environmental pollution
Tropical storm Ernesto has caused a lot of damage in North Carolina.
This damage includes the loss of crops, drowned chickens and turkeys and
the risk of pig waste lagoons reaching their capacity. Even before the
storm, these lagoons, already posed hazards to our health and the
environment by contaminating the water and the soil. However, after
Ernesto, authorities are looking into more manageable ways to handle
this waste in order to produce marketable byproducts.
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Although the improvement in handling factory farm waste could prove
beneficial in reducing environmental pollution, the transition to a
plant-based diet would not only reduce this waste significantly but also
improve our health and alleviate animal suffering.
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