E-M:/ FW: NYTimes.com: Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health

Here is another good reason to restrict, or at least to well control, large industrial farms for animals like pigs. It isn’t just the animals that spread disease between themselves – it would appear that they can spread diseases to the human population as well.

Perry Godwin,

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Head Physics Lab Technician, Science Department,

Lansing Community College

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OPINION | March 12, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist: Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Cases of MRSA, a type of staph infection that is resistant to antibiotics, have raised concerns that agricultural practices in hog farms could be fueling a public health threat.

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