Alternative to pork factory farms garners support. (EH Update).

Journal of Environmental Health;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......operations are causing growing concern. Factory farms have largely replaced traditional family...single sites. Because the scale of factory farms is so great, enormous quantities of...and fisheries. Runoff and spills from factory farms have precipitated water pollution disasters...

EDITORIAL: Regulate factory farms to save Iowa's family farms

University Wire;  April 17, 2002 ;     403 words ......moratorium on the construction of new factory farms to study the their effect on the environment...currently working on a bill to regulate factory farms; for the sake of Iowa citizens, it...their one-year moratorium. Not only do factory farms cause health problems, but they are...

EDITORIAL: Regulating factory farms.(Editorial)

Blade (Toledo, OH);  February 24, 2006 ;     381 words ...Feb. 24--AS HUGE factory farms come to dominate the Midwestern...says the measures would give factory farms something no other potential major...the air from their smokestacks, factory farms cannot be left to their own devices...

New Web Map Shows Regional Concentration of Factory Farms

U.S. Newswire;  July 24, 2007 ;     404 words ......human health and environmental costs of factory farms that cram together hundreds of thousands...a first- ever national map charting factory farms to illustrate how these facilities...People thousands of miles away from factory farms are not immune to their impacts. Consumers...

HEALTH: FACTORY FARMS BLAMED FOR BIRD FLU AND GREENHOUSE GAS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Canada, Feb. 20, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Factory farms are responsible for bird flu and greater...subsidies that encourage these CAFOs or factory farms are moving closer to major urban areas...flu in the spring of 2004 occurred on factory farms, and 38 were in the capital, Vientiane...

Halloween Trick from Bush Administration: Treat to Factory Farms

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 31, 2008 ;     427 words ......following news release: Thousands of factory farms will be exempt from needing permits...risks to human health and wildlife. Factory farms, also known as concentrated animal...than people do nationwide. Moreover, factory farms lack waste treatment facilities comparable...

Environmentalists take state to task; Some say factory farms are not in...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 20, 2004 ;     499 words ......Clean Water Act has allowed manure from factory farms to foul its lakes, rivers and streams...failed to issue federal permits for factory farms and lacks the resources to enforce...permits, the study said. Nationwide, factory farms create about 500 million tons of manure...

Environmental officials beg for more aid; DNR worries about more...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 6, 2006 ;     398 words ......will face proposed regulations for factory farms, as well as a $50 million plan to clean...increasing demand for oversight of these factory farms and increasing commitment ... that...that without proper oversight, the factory farms can pollute groundwater and pose health...

Family Farmers Take Over Offices of Trade Association Representing Factory...

U.S. Newswire;  June 3, 2002 ;     313 words ......association's support of corporate factory farms on Monday, June 3. The charge was led...and water pollution emitted by the factory farms represented by the American Meat Institute...Agency regarding the proposed rule on factory farms. The American Meat Institute believes...

OPEN COLUMN Bush lets factory farms gut the Clean Water Act

Columbia Daily Tribune;  October 30, 2006 ;     255 words ......the EPA has proposed rules that allow factory farms - the source of huge quantities of...contaminate our rivers. The EPA now wants factory farms to decide for themselves whether they...deadly bacteria. This "free ride" for factory farms is just one of the administration's...

11,000 more massive factory farms must now file for manure permits, cut...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......would more than triple the number of factory farms _ giant commercial enterprises _ that...new rules will increase the number of factory farms subject to waste-runoff regulation...phosphorus and nitrogen that flows from factory farms into U.S. waterways, often choking...

The scent of factory farms.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 30, 2003 ;     583 words ......the noxious mix of gases wafting from factory farms with thousands of fowl, pigs or sheep...Illinois has an estimated 500 large factory farms, with at least 10,000 pigs or sheep...conduct its own studies of the effects of factory farms on clean air but with two killer caveats...

Michael Kennedy killed in ski crash; Michael Kennedy killed in skiing...

The Boston Herald;  January 1, 1998 ;     484 words ...Michael Kennedy, the scandal-plagued son of Robert F. Kennedy, died after he struck a tree while skiing on Aspen Mountain in Colorado last night, Aspen police said. Kennedy, 39, who this summer admitted to having an affair with...

GLOBAL: FACTORY FARMS SPREADING QUICKLY IN DEVELOPING WORLD

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- Factory farms are dominating meat and egg production...and mad cow disease, researchers say. Factory farms, or concentrated animal-feeding operations...regulations concerning problems caused by factory farms with 100,000 pigs or a million ...

FACTORY FARMS NEED BETTER REGULATION

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 21, 2006 ;     343 words ......city. But there are no sewage processing plants at these factory farms. Instead, waste is usually dumped into lagoons -- huge, stinking...and minimum distances between hog and poultry operations. Factory farms aren't healthy for the animals raised there. The tight spaces...