Neighbors of Vast Hog Farms Say Foul Air Endangers Their Health. Jennifer 8. Lee.
by Lee, Jennifer 8; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 57Environment. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Agricultural pollution | Air pollution | Animal waste | Hydrogen sulphide | Swine industry -- Environmental aspects | United States Dept. of Agriculture | United States Environmental Protection AgencyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Robert Thornell says that five years ago an invisible swirling poison invaded his family farm and the house he had built with his hands. It robbed him of his memory, his balance and his ability to work. It left him with mood swings, a stutter and fistfuls of pills. He went from doctor to doctor, unable to understand what was happening to him. The 14th doctor finally said he knew the source of the maladies: cesspools the size of football fields belonging to the industrial hog farm a half-mile from the Thornell home." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article notes that a "growing number of scientists and public health officials around the country say they have traced a variety of health problems faced by neighbors of huge industrial farms to vast amounts of concentrated animal waste, which emit toxic gases while collecting in open-air cesspools or evaporating through sprays."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Neighbors of Vast Hog Farms Say Foul Air Endangers Their Health, May 11, 2003; pp. 1+.
"Robert Thornell says that five years ago an invisible swirling poison invaded his family farm and the house he had built with his hands. It robbed him of his memory, his balance and his ability to work. It left him with mood swings, a stutter and fistfuls of pills. He went from doctor to doctor, unable to understand what was happening to him. The 14th doctor finally said he knew the source of the maladies: cesspools the size of football fields belonging to the industrial hog farm a half-mile from the Thornell home." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article notes that a "growing number of scientists and public health officials around the country say they have traced a variety of health problems faced by neighbors of huge industrial farms to vast amounts of concentrated animal waste, which emit toxic gases while collecting in open-air cesspools or evaporating through sprays."
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