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Uploaded by on Apr 30, 2009

Swine flu virus spreads across the globe. Experts have long warned that today's factory farming conditions have already created the environment for such disease to occur anytime. Dr. Ellen Silbergeld professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, stated "These mixing bowls of intensive operations of chickens and pigs are contributing to speeding up viral evolution"

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Swine-flu outbreak could be linked to Smithfield factory
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-25-swine-flu-smithfield/

Swine Flu and Factory Farms: Fast Track to Disaster
http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/swine_flu.html

Swine Flu Outbreak -- Nature Biting Back at Industrial Animal Production?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/swine-flu-outbreak----nat_b_191408....

Swine flu: is intensive pig farming to blame?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/28/swine-flu-intensive-farmi...

Why the Swine Flu is My Fault
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elissa-altman/why-the-swine-flu-is-my-f_b_19314...

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