News » New UN Report Primes Factory Farming as a Major Cause of Zoonotic Disease

09.07.2020

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A UN report published 6 July 2020, shines a light on factory pig farming as acrucible for the mutation of viruses that threaten humanity with potential global pandemics.

"Theprimary risks for future spill-over of zoonotic diseases aredeforestation of the tropical environment and large-scale industrialfarming of animals, specifically pigs and chickens at high density." Preventing the next Pandemic, UNEP

Pigs with access to fresh air, exercise and sunlight rarely need antibiotics and are measurably less susceptible to disease. Let us not forget, theH1N1 virus that caused the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic that killed globallybetween 250,000 and 500,000 people, originated from intensively farmed pigs in North Carolina. The first human case in the pandemic occurred in La Gloria, Mexico, next to a giant factory pig farm owned by the world's largest pork producer, US-based Smithfield Foods.

UN Report "Preventing the next pandemic - Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission"

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Project Industrial animal farms in the Baltic Sea Region - sustainable practices to reduce nutrient loads is a part of a long-term campaign of the Coalition Clean Baltic and Green Federation "GAJA", aiming to reduce the negative impact of large-scale animal production on the environment and local communities in the Baltic Sea Region, particularly by reducing nutrient run-off into the sea. The project is part-financed by the European Union. This website reflects only the view of the Coalition Clean Baltic. The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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