CAFO's Conscentrated Animal Feeding Operations

     I will never be past the fact that these operations are heart wretchedly inhumane, but worse than that is the living conditions the animals exist in. The unhealthy existence of disease in the animals, and over-medication post a real concern for our future health. Super-bugs, flesh eating bacterial infections, and antibiotic resistant viral infections are brewing up in these farms; They will  spread a future pandemic and it is just a matter of time. I understand that without these farms there would not be enough food for everyone, but looking at the negative global impact they are making makes it frightening. Even though the USDA is slow (to say the least) at responding. The question is, "Are we cutting off our nose despite our face"? Are we not looking hard enough into future preservation, but rather focusing on a quick profit now?
      The farming industry is attempting to iron out its communication problems, or lack there of  is stated by (Mundy & Thompson, 2010).  The recent egg recall where over a half a billion eggs were recalled, is a great example of how relaxed government regulations are. The conditions were labeled as "critical" by one USDA inspector, but this was not reported. Oh my gosh! What is an inspectors job and why are they there?
The real concern and question are how many CAFO's has this been taking place in? Who regulates all of the farms out of the United States? We get meat and dairy from them too!  This is ridiculous...
 I have been doing a lot of research on my project paper and recently purchase a book titled Inside the Outbreaks, The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Mark Pendergrast. Mr. Pendergrast has been so kind as to share some valuable information with me that can be found in my paper.

Mundy, A., & Tomson, B.,  Egg Inspectors Fail to Raise Alarms (2010)  Wallstreet Journal Article under Politics, September 10th. retrieved 9/26/2010 
http://www.anh-usa.org/factory-farming