WARNING: Animal feedlots threaten public drinking water

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By Damon Hines, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) Did you know that a single dairy cow produces 120 pounds of wet manure per day, which in turn is equal to that of 20-40 people? Now imagine a herd of 80,000 to 100,000 cows, which is typical in the factory feedlots that dominant the Great Plains. Crunch the numbers, and you’ll find that a herd produces the waste of a city of one million people – every day!

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are feedlots where animals are raised and fattened in close confinement before being slaughtered. Meat and dairy production in the U.S. is dominated …read more

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