CULTIVATING COMPASSION
We’re in Deep: The Scoop on Poop
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earth. These poop lagoons produce a tremendous stench, along with KHDOWKKD]DUGV7KHPROHFXOHVLQWKHDLUFDQEHVWLQJLQJDQGEXUQLQJ to the eyes, nose, skin — not just for the incarcerated animals, but for WKH QHDUE\ XQIRUWXQDWH KXPDQ UHVLGHQWV DVZHOO 6RXQGV VLFNHQLQJ" Studies have repeatedly shown that people who live near farm facto- ries have an increased risk of respiratory irritation, chronic asthma, immune suppression and mental health disorders. Living near these factories increases the risk of death according to a recent study from 'XNH8QLYHUVLW\ 6RXUFH 'XNH+HDOWK1HZV ) Open sewage pools and poor air quality are the norm in factory farming communities. Consider that bodily waste from humans is treated as a potential ELRKD]DUG%\ ODZ LWPXVWEHGLVSRVHGRISURSHUO\ZKHWKHUWRDVHS - tic tank, dump station, a port-a-potty or directed via sewer to a waste treatment plant. Every municipality has systems to handle and treat human sewage. The amount of farm factory waste is approximately 3 times more waste material than produced by every person in America, according to the Humane Society of the United States. (Source: Hu- PDQH6RFLHW\RIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV 7KHZDVWHODJRRQVDUHFODVVL¿HGDV temporary storage facilities. Temporary storage until — just like we did forty years ago — the waste gets sprayed through the air out onto ¿HOGV7KH ODJRRQV DUH MXVW D ODUJHKROH LQ WKHJURXQG²JLDQWSRROV and ponds. The contaminate material seeps into the ground and the water table, into local streams and rivers, and on to the ocean. Climate change has brought extreme weather events such as hur- ULFDQHVDQGÀRRGLQJ:KHQWKHVHUDLQVDQGÀRRGVRFFXULQLQGXVWULDO IDUPDUHDVWKHUHLVPRUHH[WUHPHÀRRGLQJRIWKHSRRSODJRRQV:KHQ
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