Factory Farms: Breeding the Next Global Health Crisis
A deadly “triple threat” is spreading: avian flu, foot-and-mouth disease, and flesh-eating screwworm. Add common killers like E. coli and salmonella, and the crisis only deepens.
Crowded, unsanitary factory farms are an incubator for disease.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT THREATS?
Factory farms pack stressed animals into filthy cages and sheds. Disease rips through these facilities, putting animals and your loved ones at risk.
Avian flu, foot-and-mouth, and flesh-eating screwworm are spreading at once—a “triple threat” to public health.
WHAT ABOUT FOOD RECALLS?
Other killers—like Campylobacter, salmonella, E. coli, listeria, and more—also thrive in these facilities.
They contaminate meat, eggs, and dairy, triggering a rise in food recalls.
Why are eggs so expensive?
Bird flu is wiping out entire hen farms, causing mass killings and egg shortages. This sends prices soaring.
Over 150 million U.S. birds have been killed in an attempt to contain outbreaks.
DOES MILK CONTAIN PATHOGENS?
Foot-and-mouth, blue tongue, brucellosis, and more are sweeping through dairy farms now.
Meanwhile, bird flu has affected cows in over 16 states this year—carried from farm to farm by workers, trucks, and equipment.
Just like meat and eggs, the dairy industry is delivering new dangers straight to the grocery aisle.
IS BIRD FLU STILL SPREADING?
As bird flu continues surging through U.S. factory farms, the industry leans on pharmaceuticals, constant testing, and mass killings to keep it at bay. According to the CDC, more than 30 million U.S. hens have been killed on egg farms this year in a scramble to contain the disease.
BIRD FLU EXPLAINED
How does bird flu spread?
Crammed into filthy factory farms, one sick animal can infect thousands in days through air, waste, and contact.
U.S. egg farms pack up to six million hens each, while chicken meat farms confine up to 50,000 birds—perfect conditions for disease to spread.
Can bird flu reach humans?
Bird flu spreads through direct contact or contaminated surfaces, endangering workers on egg, chicken, and dairy farms.
In the U.S., the first reported human case was a commercial chicken farm worker who tested positive for H5N1. This has raised concerns about weak oversight and daily exposure to infected animals.
STAY INFORMED ABOUT DEADLY DISEASES
Factory farms are incubating the next outbreak.
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WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING
The only way to truly stop a pandemic, it has been suggested, is to stamp it out at its source.
Dr. Michael Greger
How to Survive a Pandemic
I’ve seen the filth, the overcrowding, the sick animals left to die in their own waste. The surprise isn’t that factory farms spread disease—it’s that we haven’t woken up to it sooner.
Sean Thomas
International Director of Investigations