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America's Animal Factories
How States Fail to Prevent Pollution from Livestock Waste

This is the complete text of the December 1998 report published by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Clean Water Network. The report examines the environmental and health consequences of pollution from industrial livestock farms in 30 states, as well as the widely varying efforts to curtail it.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction and Executive Summary
Environmental and Health Consequences of Animal Factories
Recommendations to Improve Pollution Controls on Factory Farms
Glossary
State Activist Contacts for CAFO Information
Report Credits and Acknowledgements

State Reports
Alabama | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Maryland | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Pennsylvania | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

For printed copies of this report, see our Publications List.

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