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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule that would let factory farms get out of reporting their releases of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and other toxic air pollutants caused by the breakdown of animal manure in massive lagoons. We have a right to know what toxic chemicals we're being exposed to. Make Factory Farms report their pollution to EPA.
Not surprisingly, this is something agribusiness has been pressuring the government to do for years. Instead of getting into the fine print of the proposal, here's a description from a recent Washington Post article that sums it up pretty well:
"Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency's scientists that the gases pose a health threat."
The public has a right to know what factory farms are releasing into the air and EPA has no business letting these polluters off the hook. Tell EPA that factory farms shouldn't be above the law.
by: ultranova on 2008-03-20 10:58:00
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