Below are an assortment of facts and statistics relating to factory farm issues which specifically concern waste pollution and the environment.
All information is referenced as fully as possible.
For a more detailed analysis, please refer to the individual links in the right sidebar. Waste Pollution and the Environment Click here to see aerial photos of waste dumped from Elmwood dairy lagoon, Feb 23, 2001. The Delmarva Peninsula's 600 million chickens produce 400,000 tons of manure a year. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, hog, chicken and cattle waste has polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states. These deaths can be directly related to the 10 million hogs currently being raised in North Carolina and the 620 million chickens on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.