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Agricultural Feeding Operations

    Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) – information about CAFOs

    Links to information from outside CDC


    Animal Feedlots [external link] (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) – list of Minnesota’s rules governing the
    • storage, transportation, disposal, and use of animal manure and process wastewaters
    • permits for construction and operation of animal manure management and disposal or use systems

    Animal Waste Disposal Issues in North Carolina [external link] (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General) – review document about six spills from animal waste lagoons in North Carolina during summer 1995

    Environmental Injustice in North Carolina’s Hog Industry [external link] (Environmental Health Perspectives) – study on whether there are disproportionate impacts of intensive hog production on people of color and on the poor in North Carolina

    Manure Management and Air Quality Education and Research [external link] (University of Minnesota Extension Service) – university extension service that focuses on economically feasible and environmentally sound manure handling systems that also meet air and water quality protection regulations

    Research Shows Cattle Are Infected With E. coli Mostly in Summer [external link] (Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture) – study on the percentage of cattle entering processing plants carrying strains of the E. coli bacterium during peak contamination season

    Tracking Manure-borne Pathogens [external link] (Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture) – study on the paths microbial pathogens can take to taint food and water supplies