Factory Farms Research Paper

The Pain of Factory Farming
Even though 94% of Americans say that animals used in food production for humans deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, 10 billion farm animals are in conditions that are lower than low, often leading to a painful death (Farm Animal). Animal rights refers to the philosophy that animals as a whole should maintain the right to live a life without human exploitation, suffering and hurting, and dying young. The chicken production system seems good when all people see is advertisements with happy chickens in a field on grass free roaming to their hearts content. But if dug just a little deeper, you will see the layers of abuse no one will ever want to wrap their head around. There are many different processes of
Of course there are ¨good¨ effects of having this way but it doesn't even compare to the disgusting effects that come out of the way these animals are being treated. The risks affect human health as well as environmental health. Surprisingly, The way animals are being treated is affecting humans in the long run. Factory farms aren’t always maintained as well as they can be and it can be a easy way for Salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens to be passed to humans. A pathogens are microorganisms that cause diseases. Many examples are bacteria, fungi, and viruses. These are found mostly in sewage and runoff water from farms. The bacteria is passed through meat, dairy, eggs, and person-to-person contact. To “destroy” unsanitary conditions in farms, animals are forced to eat large doses of antibiotics but bacteria is constantly evolving and becoming used to conditions that the farms a trying to prevent. If the antibiotics are used too much, used in the wrong way, or depending too much on them, it makes the risk for horrible, drug-resistant bacteria to be created and spread with people and animals. Because of the bacteria present from chicken waste, Pregnant women who live close to a farm can be effected in many bad ways. The manure from a factory farm makes its way into the groundwater of towns and could cause multiple miscarriages. According to PETA, a report by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture states that “ingesting water with nitrate levels above 10 milligrams per liter can cause “blue baby” syndrome (methemoglobinemia), which is a condition that prevents blood from carrying oxygen and which can lead to ‘increased rates of stomach cancer, birth defects, miscarriage, leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, reduced body growth and slower reflexes, and increased thyroid size.’” The report states that the nitrate in a “manure lagoon” on a usual factory farm can