Guest guest Posted December 22, 2000 Report Share Posted December 22, 2000 New Factory Farm Rules Praised, Criticized By Brian Hansen WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2000 (ENS) - Tougher rules designed to regulate water pollution generated by large industrial farming operations were issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday. A top agency official told ENS that the new regulations will " do a much better job of protecting public health and the environment " from water pollution generated by factory farms, but a conservation advocacy group called the new measures " grossly inadequate. " The regulations are designed to mitigate water pollution caused by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), large factory type farms that generate approximately 128 billion pounds of hog, chicken and cattle waste each year. CAFOs typically store these wastes in vast fecal lagoons, which frequently overflow or spill into nearby waterways, killing fish, polluting drinking water supplies, and spreading antibiotic resistant bacteria into the environment. http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec2000/2000L-12-18-15.html -- Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmacafe.com Powered by Outblaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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