NY Times: In Maryland, Focus on Poultry Industry Pollution (11/29)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/us/29poultry.html?_r=1

 

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/29/us/20081129POULTRY_4.html

 

I have several objections to the article & slideshow, such as:

 

1) the article mentions 20-35 thousand birds cramped per house,

without describing the horrific conditions.

 

 

 

2) the slide show is misleading by

showing teensy 2 " chicks spread out vs grown birds with no room to move about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) the article praises chicken as affordable, high quality, low fat

protein. it mentions, yet ignores, the higher quality, zero-cholesterol corn &

soy

crop, which could feed so many more people than birds, or be used for

bio-fuel.

 

4) the article praises slaughterhouse

job creation, without explaining why the industry needs irrradiation to

address manure that cannot be purged in the fast assembly lines.

 

5) the article

praises manure pellets as great organic fertilizer, without mentioning

the great amounts of steroids and antibiotics fed to the crowded birds.

 

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