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Author Kirby, David, 1960-

Title Animal factory : the looming threat of industrial pig, dairy, and poultry farms to humans and the environment / David Kirby.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.

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 Moore Stacks  TD195.A34 K57 2010    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xviii, 492 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-474) ]and index.
Summary Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. This book is about our American food system gone terribly wrong--and the people who are fighting to restore sustainable farming practices and save our limited natural resources. Investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food. He follows three families and communities whose lives have been utterly changed by immense neighboring animal farms, turning them into unlikely activists.--From publisher description.
Contents Prologue -- Part I: Raising a stink -- Part II: Going national -- Epilogue: The price of protein.
Subject Factory farms -- Environmental aspects.
Factory farms -- Environmental aspects.
Factory farms.
Factory farms -- Health aspects.
ISBN 9780312380588
0312380585