Comments on: Are CAFOs Linked to the Swine Flu Outbreak? http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2009/04/are-cafos-linked-to-the-swine-flu-outbreak/ Working Locally for Justice in the Global Economy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Bob Martin http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/2009/04/are-cafos-linked-to-the-swine-flu-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Bob Martin Fri, 01 May 2009 12:24:20 +0000 http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/?p=189#comment-511 The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released a report a year ago that outlined the public health threats, environmental damage, animal welfare problems and damage to rural communities done by industrial farm animal production. That report, Putting Meat on the Table, was released in April of 2008 and highlighted the potential for a pandemic flu outbreak eminating from an industrial swine facility. As the former executive director of the Commission (it has completed its work) I encourage anyone interested in these issues to read it. The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released a report a year ago that outlined the public health threats, environmental damage, animal welfare problems and damage to rural communities done by industrial farm animal production. That report, Putting Meat on the Table, was released in April of 2008 and highlighted the potential for a pandemic flu outbreak eminating from an industrial swine facility.

As the former executive director of the Commission (it has completed its work) I encourage anyone interested in these issues to read it.

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