Communities supporting America's meat industry have worse air quality and more vulnerable populations compared with similar communities without feedlots, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I highly doubt there’s any causative relationship between any of these factors. Seems like they’d all be attributable to being less-developed, less wealthy countries.

    Edit: probably some causation between animal feeding operations and pollution, but I don’t think it would be the primary cause.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      23 hours ago

      but I don’t think it would be the primary cause.

      Pollution isn’t just smog. Anywhere near a pig farm will have water pollution like crazy.