EPA OK with stinky megafarms

The Environmental Protection Agency pulled another fast one Dec. 28, just coming to light. It wants to waive requirements that megafarms, i.e., concentrated animal feeding operations, would have to report high ammonia or hydrogen sulfide releases. Hell, H2S is poisonous.

But the EPA says no big deal.

“(The exemption) is also protective of human health and the environment and consistent with the agency's goal to reduce reporting burden where there would likely be no federal, state or local emergency response to such release reports,” Shradar said.

So, people getting sick from stinky farms with 10,000 hogs, 20,000 cows or 50,000 chickens is no big deal then.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association agrees, claiming cow manure is not a toxic substance. Bullshit — pun intended.