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Health & Fitness

Industrial agriculture is making us sick.

Mary Fisher, Neighbor

Industrial agriculture is making us sick. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), nutritional scientists, and medical professionals warn against the health risks of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). There is a near consensus among experts that overuse of antibiotics, crowded and unsanitary livestock conditions, unnatural feed diets, and a lack of diversification are responsible for some serious global health risks.
1. E. coli,  2. MRSA,  3. Campylobacter and Salmonella,
 4. Mad cow,   5. Obesity

For more information read:
http://news.yahoo.com/5-modern-diseases-grown-factory-farming-074800146.html

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