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Factory Farms
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The Cause Cont.
Run offs and Manure are causing:
Pollution
Algae Blooms
Dead Zones
Much more
Industrial farms produce millions of pounds of manure that pollute our lakes
Effects
- Industrial factory farms create as much untreated waste as 8.6 million people each year (Wisconsin Environment , n.d.).
- All the waste than ends up in our lakes,
- Which makes them unfit for fishing, swimming, and any other activities done at the lake
Effects Cont.
The number of factory farms in Wisconsin has nearly doubled in the last 8 years, which is greatly increasing the amount of pollution!
About Factory Farms in Wisconsin
According to Wisconsin Environment "Wisconsin has some of the most beautiful lakes in the country. These are the lakes familes go to on vacation, or to get away for the weekend, except lately these lakes, and streams are suffering from pollution. Which has caused these lakes to be covered with algae, and chocked with weeds."
Ways to Prevent
References
Grossman, E. (2014). How Americans Dairyland is Polluted by Factory Farms. Retrieved from http://ecowatch.com/2014/05/27/factory-farm-manure-management-cafos/
Wisconsin Environment . (n.d.). Save Our Lakes . Retrieved from http://www.wisconsinenvironment.org/programs/wie/save-our-lakes
The Cause
- Manure/ other run off from factory farms
- Millions of cows, hogs, and chickens produce as much manure as 69 million people (Wisconsin Environment , n.d.).
- Industrial farms sitting right next to waterways, and are growing in number
- Wisconsin Environment is urging the State to declare a moratorium on new factory farms
- Ralling- to stop permitting new factory farms
- Ensuring the existing factory farms follow the laws and stop polluting our lakes
- Supporting by taking problem to the media/persuade decision makers to support key lake protections
Factory Farms
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By: Michelle Hansen
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