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Medical association warns about pig farms=20
Moncton, N.B. - The Canadian Medical Association is speaking out against =
large pig farms. It says they could be a threat to human health, just =
what some New Brunswickers have feared for some time.=20
Three years ago, a large hog farm housing 10,000 pigs opened 5 km down =
the road from Jerry Cook's home. He likes rural living and the clean =
environment that goes with it but not the pig farm.=20
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"There were two parts of it that always upset me: the contamination of =
ground and surface water and the other is the emissions from the =
building."=20
Cook and dozens of others became well known protesters, lobbying =
government to get rid of the pig farm. Some worried about its effect on =
the environment. Others about its effect on people. Now, the group has =
received some indirect support from the Canadian Medical Association.=20
The CMA has passed three motions:=20
--- that industrial hog farms may be a threat to human health=20
--- that provinces temporarily halt expansion of industrial hog farming=20
--- that more research be done=20
Dr. Les Allaby, head of the New Brunswick Medical Association, supports =
the motion.=20
"There's been a big expansion in industrial hog farming in Ontario and =
Quebec apparently. It's encroaching on neighbouring communities and it's =
causing concern."=20
Allaby says currently there may not be a problem in New Brunswick, but =
industrial hog farms should be investigated.=20
But provincial Agriculture Minister Rodney Weston says he won't call for =
a moratorium. Weston says one large pig farm in New Brunswick has been =
studied and there isn't a problem.=20
To Jerry Cook, that's hogwash.=20
"I wondered if he was cleaning sand out of his ears because the policy =
of the province is just to bury its head and pretend this whole thing =
isn't happening."=20
Cook says the CMA's comments are another weapon in his group's arsenal =
and may help to close the nearby hog farm.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>From CBC New Brunswick =
...</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D4><STRONG>Medical =
association warns=20
about pig farms</STRONG> <BR></FONT><BR>Moncton, N.B. - The =
Canadian=20
Medical Association is speaking out against large pig farms. It says =
they could=20
be a threat to human health, just what some New Brunswickers have feared =
for=20
some time. <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Three years ago, a large hog farm =
housing 10,000=20
pigs opened 5 km down the road from Jerry Cook's home. He likes rural =
living and=20
the clean environment that goes with it but not the pig=20
farm. <BR> <BR>"There were two parts of it that always upset =
me: the=20
contamination of ground and surface water and the other is the emissions =
from=20
the building." <BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cook and dozens of others became well =
known=20
protesters, lobbying government to get rid of the pig farm. Some worried =
about=20
its effect on the environment. Others about its effect on people. Now, =
the group=20
has received some indirect support from the Canadian Medical =
Association.=20
<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The CMA has passed three motions: =
<BR>--- that=20
industrial hog farms may be a threat to human health <BR>--- that =
provinces=20
temporarily halt expansion of industrial hog farming <BR>--- that more =
research=20
be done <BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dr. Les Allaby, head of the New =
Brunswick Medical=20
Association, supports the motion. <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"There's been a big expansion in =
industrial hog=20
farming in Ontario and Quebec apparently. It's encroaching on =
neighbouring=20
communities and it's causing concern." <BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Allaby says currently there may not be =
a problem in=20
New Brunswick, but industrial hog farms should be investigated.=20
<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But provincial Agriculture Minister =
Rodney Weston=20
says he won't call for a moratorium. Weston says one large pig farm in =
New=20
Brunswick has been studied and there isn't a problem. <BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To Jerry Cook, that's hogwash. =
<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"I wondered if he was cleaning sand out =
of his ears=20
because the policy of the province is just to bury its head and pretend =
this=20
whole thing isn't happening." <BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cook says the CMA's comments are =
another weapon in=20
his group's arsenal and may help to close the nearby hog =
farm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HT=
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