Posts tagged factory farming and pandemics
The new rules have not made meatpacking work safer
The new rules have not made meatpacking work safer

Frontline meatpackers work in such close proximity that meat processing plants continue to be hot spots for Covid-19. These already perilous workplaces have become easily among the most dangerous in the country.

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Public health/Food justiceCristin Nelsoncovid-19, pandemic, meat processing, factory farms, factory farming and pandemics, factory farming, COVID-19, meat industry, health dangers of factory farming, worker safety, meatpacking, line speed, leah garcesComment
The link between meat and pandemics
The link between meat and pandemics

The origins of COVID-19 are, at present, still unclear. However, there is a growing consensus that the global demand for animal products is one of the largest risk factors for pandemics like it.

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Public health/Food justiceTia Schwabfactory farms, pandemic, zoonotic disease, public health, plant-based eating, meat consumption, meat demand, poultry farms, pig farms, COVID-19, factory farming and pandemics, michael greger, paul shapiro, good food institute, viral pandemics, does eating meat cause pandemicsComment