Environmental Concerns in Animal Agriculture & Feeding Operations

Buch | Hardcover

177 Seiten

2011
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61209-518-9 (ISBN)

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According to the EPA, the release of waste from animal feedlots to surface water, groundwater, soil and air is associated with a range of human health and ecological impacts and contributes to degradation of the nation's surface waters. A variety of pollutants in animal waste can affect human health, including causing infections of the skin, eye, ear, nose and throat. This book examines the environmental concerns in animal agriculture and feeding operations including the air and water quality issues in animal agriculture and their effect on human health.

Preface; Animal Waste & Hazardous Substances: Current Laws & Legislative Issues; Air Quality Issues & Animal Agriculture: A Primer; Air Quality Issues & Animal Agriculture: EPA's Air Compliance Agreement; Animal Waste & Water Quality: EPA's Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs; Animal Waste & Water Quality: EPA Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs); Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: EPA Needs More Information & a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air & Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern; Index.

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	564 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-61209-518-6 / 1612095186
ISBN-13	978-1-61209-518-9 / 9781612095189
Zustand	Neuware