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Much of the pollution in U.S. rivers and streams today comes from the manure generated by CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), which confine thousands of animals on a single site. To determine the extent of the problem and how it might be better addressed, the public and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) need to know more about these facilities and the waste they produce. But unlike many other industries, CAFOs do not regularly disclose facility-specific information to the EPA--and the powerful interests behind CAFOs want to keep it that way.
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MY PERSONAL ADDENDUM TO THE WRITE-IN LETTER - It is important that this sort of regulation be formulated to monitor and control the big CAFO offenders, not to cripple and oppress our exemplary sustainable small farms and growers whose sustainable free-range methods do not pollute our environment nor do they threaten our community with rapidly mutating disease vectors.
To take action on this issue, click on the link below:
http://info.pewtrusts.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=0FwYNmpIwiLV2a0KbshN0w&id=1269
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