Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment

by David Kirby

Book Overview

Swine flu. Bird flu. Massive fish kills. Concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of contaminated meats, fruits, and vegetables. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. In Animal Factory, bestselling investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312671741
• ISBN13: 9780312671747
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"