Greg and Javed: Enforce Existing Environment Laws

In the passage strengthen and enforce existing environmental laws, the section reads on reforming regulations in the CAFO’s.  The passage briefly informs how government allows the industry to self-regulate which in turn allows the factories to ignore laws and skip enforcement. The passage gives a list in compliance of consumer demands to establish a safer system. The list is as follows:

Limit the new factory farms on expansion of existing facilities until envinment and health safety standards are established.

Develop a federal approach to regulate factory farms ot lessen air pollution.

Its goes on to read on about 6 more rules to monitor factory farms on their bad habit of polluting ecological health. The regulations are guidelines for government to interfere with CAFO systems.

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Gregory & Javeds Findings

THE VEGGIE LIBEL LAWS: The freedom of speech is diminished and food companies have the “right” to sue other companies and other individuals within the thirteen states(Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North& South Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.) due to the law that allows persons within these states to file lawsuits and sue others.  For example in a 1996 episode of Oprah’s talk show, she said “It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger” (Tomaselli, Niles 320). Stating her opinion on her talk show due to the way she felt she was hit with a lawsuit from a company.  Therefore, companies have more power over society than the government over its own people.
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: Establishing a controlled ecological environment, while trying to manage air pollution levels and maintain and reduce the pollution within society due to the CAFO& factory farm system. Agriculture has become one of the main contributors to the climate change and creation of greenhouse gases. The result of the waste being produced by the animals, society is at stake.
CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO PASSAGES: Although the Factory Farming system is polluting the people along with the environment, the people have no right to protect themselves against the monstrosity. The government neither feels it mandatory to protect its people while completely ignoring the bill of rights.