Comments for Health Risks from Hog Confinements, Aug. 05 at http://www.iowasource.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.iowasource.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:13:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-280 Go to the capitol with ideas? We have the best government that money (Farm Bureau) can buy. Hog farmers don't need numbers, they just own the representatives in Des Moines so they stink up the neighborhood, pollute the water underground from your lagoons and pits and generally rule the neighborhood and destroy property values. Oh, and "Have a nice day!" (And did you know they have legislation that gives them tax breaks on their new buildings and big pickup trucks. It's nice to know my taxes are taking up the slack for the taxes they don't pay. THANKS FARM BUREAU! By the way, did you know the "Right to Farm" legislation was declared unconstitutional in 2004? - downwind Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:18:08 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-211 So I live on a small family farm and we raised hogs for 50yrs. Realistically the hog confinement corporations put us out of business. Its depressing to see young people wanting to raise hogs in a more traditional small farm atmosphere, but simply cant since financially the government status wont allow it. Unfortunately hog confinements are disease stricken, unnatural, abusive environments. Now harry larry its been proven that hog confinements cause respiratory problems, but yes only to those who work inside them. Now look at the bigger picture, obviously that horrid smell is coming from the acid waste pits, besides smellling bad, without proper control the waste is polluting the land. Conservation suffers, our water ways are ruined with fish dying and drinking water ruined. Now girls, if the smell is the only thing your worried about then you need a reality check. Instead of putting up worthless arguments with ignorant harry larry, and stating shallow uneducated and unintelligent blogs on here, go to your count extension and conservation and start working on a reasonable arguement to pass onto the capital. - wouldntyou like to know Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:15:06 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-206 Larry, you are an asshole and deserve to have all your neighbors sue you for invading their air space. Get real and make some money off of all that crap by making use of the methane gasses. It's just too bad that there are so many people like you out there. - Debbie Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:13:21 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-199 You people are all retards. Its not your choice what people can do with there land. There are no real health risks from the smell of a hog confinment building as long as your not inside it. There is a possibility of being allergic to hog dust, but it does not affect you unless your in the confinment with the hogs. If you do not like what your neighbor is doing with their land then move away or deal with it. - Larry Schrodt Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:13:25 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-139 Katie- I would further like to speak with you about your little sister's friend's brother. Could you please e-mail me or give me some contact information for yourself? laura-klairmont@uiowa.edu is my email address - laura Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:17:36 +0100 http://www.iowasource.com/health/CAFO_airqu_0805.html#comment-134 Oh lord; no kidding. I live about 1,200 feet from a hog confinement. It's not fun to smell hog crap every day. There IS health effects to hog confinements. My little sister's friend's little brother actually stopped breathing and had to be rushed to the emergency room for the smell was so overpowering. They moved away, naturally. It's a huge issue. Not only is it unhealthy for people; the hogs are so bunched together; it's insane. I'm not even to begin imagining all the diseases that are teeming around in those confinements. There's my two cents. - Katie Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:42:11 +0100