Abstract for Paper
Abstract:
The Changes of Hog Farming and its Effects on
the Environment and Human Health
For my research paper, as you may know, I am interested in the relationship between the history of hog farming and its effects on human health and our natural environment. With industrial advances made in the past twenty years, hog farming techniques and operations have drastically changed. My claim is that due to industrial boom and new farming techniques in the past century, society has negatively been efftected. From traditional one- farmer farm to a single farm- house with thousand more hogs, new hog farming began to effect society in several aspects such as: human health and the environment. With an increase in machinery and number of hogs per farms, towns situated relatively close to farm factories began complaining about the harmful gases and waste being released. I have collected several newspaper articles, specifically from the New York Times, of family farms being affected by foul air of large farms. Many suffer from neurological damage as a result of hydrogen sulfide poisoning from these industrial farms. These neurological damages can then possibly lead to harmful diseases.
Many farms, as mentioned, release several pounds of hog waste a day. These gases, such as methane gas, can hurt the environment as well. Methane gas is a greenhouse gas, it aids in the depletion of the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect, that can be detrimental to the world. Also I am still in the middle of researching I plan to find journals that discuss how waste enters the water and contaminates it.
I haven’t found a case study yet, but I plan on researching one that relates to either one of these effects to attempt to prove my claim correct. I understand that demand for meat is just going to increase; however, we should not be ignorant and simply view one aspect, demand and money. Answering this question will help to solve the problem of bacterial infections or ill- related consequences to human health appertaining to hog farming, as well as, pollution in the environment. I hope to research ways that can decrease the gases and wasted released in the atmosphere. I believe this research will be important to many family’s affected from these industrial farms and also maybe find a way to be more conservative.
By: Anjelique Restrepo
