U.S. Factory Farms pollutes waters - Sickening people nation wide

The U.S. citizens are seeing the neccasisities for leading a plant based diet as factory farms in the U.S. pollutes water ways causing severe sickness in the communities.

So, the problem is now that  the waste acts as fertilizer - seeping into the ground and into the water ways. But if the amounts are excessive, bacteria and chemicals can flow into the ground and contaminate residents’ tap water. This becomes a serious issue that can affect all citizens.

With Swin flu gaining momentum, and killing more and more people around the world with official figures over 4,000 people. The easiest thing to do is to not eat the animals and lead a plant based diet.

“Sometimes it smells like a barn coming out of the faucet,” said Lisa Barnard, who lives a few towns over, and just 15 miles from the city of Green Bay.

Tests of her water showed it contained E. coli, coliform bacteria and other contaminants found in manure. Last year, her 5-year-old son developed ear infections that eventually required an operation. Her doctor told her they were most likely caused by bathing in polluted water, she said.

Yet runoff from all but the largest farms is essentially unregulated by many of the federal laws intended to prevent pollution and protect drinking water sources. The Clean Water Act of 1972 largely regulates only chemicals or contaminants that move through pipes or ditches, which means it does not typically apply to waste that is sprayed on a field and seeps into groundwater.

As a result, many of the agricultural pollutants that contaminate drinking water sources are often subject only to state or county regulations. And those laws have failed to protect some residents living nearby.

Agricultural runoff is the single largest source of water pollution in the nation’s rivers and streams, according to the E.P.A. An estimated 19.5 million Americans fall ill each year from waterborne parasites, viruses or bacteria, including those stemming from human and animal waste, according to a study published last year in the scientific journal Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

We must heed the calls - Be VEGAN, Go Green - Save the Human, Save our Home.