Big Chicken Gets a Toxic Exemption

Posted by Jeffrey St. Clair on December 10th, 2008 | Link

Bush Administration Rushing to Exempt Big Poultry Producers from Reporting Emissions under Federal Laws

Available studies show that poultry producers in the top ten states emit hundreds of millions of pounds of ammonia a year – more than 8 times the amount released by all other industrial sources combined. Yet the Bush Administration is rushing to exempt these and other large livestock operations from having to report their emissions under federal right to know laws.