The costs of meat production:
- Thousands of meatpacking workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions
- Millions of animals raised for slaughter will be "euthanized" because plants close
- And remember, this virus likely started in a meat market
vox.com/future-perfect…
- Thousands of meatpacking workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions
- Millions of animals raised for slaughter will be "euthanized" because plants close
- And remember, this virus likely started in a meat market
vox.com/future-perfect…
If you're wondering how the mass, um, "euthanizations" will take place, one answer is "filling the barn with a layer of water-based foam that suffocates the birds."
And this isn't just a problem for workers at meatpacking plants. Those workers go home, they live in communities.
"In South Dakota, 40 percent of all infections in the state have been linked to a Smithfield pork slaughterhouse."
"In South Dakota, 40 percent of all infections in the state have been linked to a Smithfield pork slaughterhouse."
