CAFO Case Study

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There are some people who argued that CAFO facility would bring more jobs to the community they choose as their location. However, CAFO facility can also bring a huge impact to the local residents such as economically and environmentally. CAFO normally dispose huge quantities of animals waste on limited amounts of farmland. One environmental impact that CAFO can create is that this over-application of animal waste can pollute our water, soil, and air. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, "CAFOs produce 500 million tons of manure annually." This shows that CAFOs waste runoff can transports dangerous bacteria like E.coli into our waterways that can impose a threat to our health. Most important, the spread and dispose of vast quantities

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