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Industrial Food Chain (Lots of Toxic Waste pg. 69 (Some of the waste leaks…
Industrial Food Chain
Lots of Toxic Waste pg. 69
Some of the waste leaks into the ground and into the water. pg. 61
The toxic waste could get into our drinking water. pg 61
Makes the animals conditions even worse. pg.61
This is a huge source of toxic pollution. pg. 61
This could also increase global warming.
The cows are fed meat even though they are herbivores. Pg.69
The meat was protien and cows need protien. Pg.69
Some of the meat could be ground up cattle brains. Pg.69
As the cows eat the ground up cattle brains and the people eat the cows, some of the nutrients and bacteria from the ground up brains transfer to the people. Pg.69
The bacteria from the ground up cow brains led to Mad Cow disease which made people in England to start dieing from the sickness. Pg.69
The cows end up getting sick and dieing too. Pg. 69
Cows are being forced to eat corn. Pg.70
The cows are gettign sick from the corn Pg. 70
The cows arent living as long on feed lots. "Cattle rarely live on feed lots for more than 150 days."Pg. 73
The corn based diet is leading to bloat which is a disease that will make the cow blow up like a baloon and start to sufficste its lungs. Pg.72
The corn based diet is also giving the cattle a lot of asidosis which is too much acid when they are suppose to be neutral. Pg. 72
There has to be people to watch over the cattle. "A team of eight cowboys. Their job is to ride around and take the sick cows back to one of the three hispitals." Pg.70
Unhealthy food is cheaper.
"A recent study by Danish scientist suggested that hormone residues in U.S. beef may be linked to high rates of breast and prostate cancer."
More people are willing to buy unhealthy food because it is cheaper.
More Meat pg. 61
More health problems for humans
More money put to hospitals
Mad Cow pg. 69
Always fatal to the human that is hosting
New deadly bacteria is being found pg. 61
Gets in our food we eat
Antibiotics resistance destroy us humans immune system and then when we need the antibiotics they start to not work
Basically all the cows in the feedlots are sick pg. 70
If the cows we eat are sick then we will eventually get sick
Farmer are forced to start using fertilizer with chemicals in it. pg. 42
The farmers started using to much of the fertiler in their feilds in hopes of the crops growing faster. pg. 45
Extra man-made nitrogen from the fertilizer evaporates into the air causing acid rain. pg.45
Some of the extra man-made nitrogen turns into nitrous oxide is a gas that increases global warming. pg. 45
Some extra nitrogen seeps into their ground water. pg.45
This causes the naylors to not be able to drink any water from their water well. pg.45
Companies create GMO’s to increase yield.