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Column: Bad eggs not only problem for farm industry

September 20, 2010 – It’s
not just one bad egg. There are fundamental problems across industrial
confinement agriculture.
September 20, 2010 – It’s
not just one bad egg. There are fundamental problems across industrial
confinement agriculture.

In the last year, both
Iowa and Minnesota have seen an ominous increase in foaming in pits beneath hog
confinements – like a potentially toxic bubble bath, it rises right through
floor slats – exacerbating the already serious problem of dead pigs and flash
fires caused by hydrogen sulfide and methane.

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