PHILOS 5 Lecture Notes - Sewage Sludge
Document Summary
Food labels: animals are often raised in small, unhealthy, and dangerous factory farms only to be slaughtered, not only domesticated animals are harmed by our food system, but wild animals are endangered as well, growing demand for food has forced farmers to convert natural habitat to farmland, displacing animals from their homes and reducing biodiversity, food and food production, cafos, despite the promise of profit, actually reduce the quality of life and wealth in rural communities, the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers poses health risks when eaten by consumers or allowed to filter into drinking water, chemicals pose even more direct health threats to farm workers who breathe and touch them directly, similar issues to gmos and kinds of health concerns some geneticists have about their use and consumption, government policy, like subsidies, can impact food insecurity and health at home, as well as poverty and job displacement abroad.
