MedPage Today November 14, 2023
— Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations “may be a public health hazard,” group says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution calling for increased regulation of industrialized farms during the interim meeting of the House of Delegates on Monday.
The resolution calls for the AMA to “recognize that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) may be a public health hazard” and to “encourage the Environmental Protection Agency and appropriate parties to remove the regulatory exemptions” for CAFOs, in addition to tightening restrictions on pollution from these operations.
The language of the resolution was slightly tweaked from the version introduced by the Medical Student Section by the reference committee before being adopted by the House of...
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