Stat of the day
Commercial livestock and poultry operations produce half a billion tonnes
of manure each year, more than three times as much as that produced by the
entire U.S. population. Such large quantities of manure stored at factories
can emit “unsafe quantities” of ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and particulate
matter and have become the fastest growing large source of the greenhouse
gas methane. This has led to Indiana Rep. Tom Saunders (R-Lewisville) to
file an out-of-state manure regulation bill last week to curb the spreading
of manure, especially near residential areas. (The Business Insider

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