Subject: American Public Health Association calls for CAFO moratorium

New York (NY) January 9, 2004 - The American Public Health Association

(APHA) has issued a resolution urging federal, state, and local government
health agencies to impose a precautionary moratorium on all new Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) - also known as factory farms - and to
initiate and support further research on the health impacts of air and water
pollution from such operations.

   Negative economic effects on rural communities; health problems
associated with air pollution and contaminated drinking water from manure
runoff; increasing antibiotics resistance caused by the routine use of
antibiotics in farm animals; and serious respiratory problems found among
CAFO workers and among neighboring residents are identified as the main
reasons for calling for the moratorium.

Pollution, health, and economic impacts cited as reasons. See full APHA
document: http://www.apha.org/legislative/policy/2003/2003-007.pdf

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