FACTORIES/FACTORY FARMS

Most Minnesota factories are located in larger cities. An unsurprising majority produce and ship agricultural and farming equipment.

Over the past decade, multiple laws have been passed regarding pollution from factories that can make water deadly. The EPA recognizes this as a threat to our environement.

Pollution from factories has caused a multitude of dangers to our environment. Acid rain, a typical problem in larger industrial areas, is caused by an abundance of hydrogen in the air, usually coming from air pollution.

Animal waste from factory farms in Minnesota has polluted the soil and the air, along with multitudes of it being unhealthily stored in huge lagoons. Liquified waste, laced with antibiotics, can poison our water.

A March Huffington Post article written by Clint Rainey not only explores the dangers behind massive factory farming, but also exposes the massive amount of waste produced by farms under Tyson Meats.

WORKS CITED

• 'Environmental Impact of Factory Farms." Socially Responsible Agricultural Project. SRAP, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
• "EPA, Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Factory Farm Pollution Lawsuit." NRDC. N.p., 26 May 2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
• Rainey, Clint. "Tyson Foods Could Very Well Be America's Worst Water Polluter." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.