Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: A Primer

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Agriculture;    Air quality;    Agricultural pollution;    Air pollution;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  RL32948
RP-ID  :  RL32948 2006-02-02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report focuses on the environmental quality of water resources as affected by animal agriculture, specifically animal waste, which can harm water quality through surface runoff, direct discharges, spills, and leaching into soil and groundwater. This report also discusses the contribution of emissions from animal feeding operations (AFO), enterprises where animals are raised in confinement, to air pollution.