How intensive livestock farming could be endangering our health

This Greenpeace report examines the potential connections between livestock farming, water pollution and public health.

New research has heightened concerns that intensive livestock farming could increase risks to human health. In order to maintain a healthy population, we need to understand how livestock farming could affect our health. These risks must be carefully weighed, especially at a time when the Government is preparing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to expand the dairy industry through irrigation.

Greenpeace-Sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017 (PDF)

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