Whats that you say? You care about the environment, the land, the air and water quality? Not so if you were grilling up hot dogs and other things made from animals this past holiday weekend...... According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, there are about 7.7 million hogs and pigs in the state. So all of those future hot dogs produce more than 40 million gallons of shit… every single day. And factory farms dont really know how to dispose of it. The current popular method is to gather the untreated waste in vast open-air cesspools called lagoons, which can measure thousands of square feet and hold millions of gallons of the toxic sludge. When these lagoons fill up or overflow, its common practice to pump out the waste and spray it in a fine mist across nearby open spaces. (Yes, thats really what happens.) The mist soaks the fields and pollutes the air. When accumulated in vast amounts, pig shit becomes highly toxic, emitting potentially deadly gases such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and methane. In addition, the byproduct of factory farming is often not just feces, but also pretty much anything that ends up on a slaughterhouse floor — urine, blood, and flesh. The toxicity of the substance is hinted at by the color of the lagoons, which are an unnatural-looking pink.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:06:31 +0000
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