A systematic review of animal feeding operations including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for exposure, health outcomes, and environmental justice
Environmental Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
259, С. 119550 - 119550
Опубликована: Июль 2, 2024
Язык: Английский
Understanding the roles of economy and society in the relative risks of zoonosis emergence from livestock
Royal Society Open Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11(7)
Опубликована: Июль 1, 2024
The
emergence
of
zoonotic
infections
that
can
develop
into
pathogens
pandemic
potential
is
a
major
concern
for
public
health.
risks
and
transmission
relate
to
multiple
factors
range
from
land
use
human–non-human
animal
contacts.
Livestock
agriculture
plays
potentially
significant
role
in
those
risks,
shaping
landscapes
providing
hosts
act
as
the
source
or
amplifiers
emergent
pathogens.
relative
will
be
contingent
upon
nature
systems,
with
comparisons
often
made
between
intensive,
indoor,
biosecure
systems
more
extensive,
outdoor,
insecure
systems.
Microbiological,
ecological
veterinary
sciences
provide
useful
entry
points
specifying
modelling
some
risks.
Yet,
they
do
so
little
regard
social
science
inputs
by
making
assumptions
about
economic
conditions.
In
this
article,
we
respond
recent
analyses
raising
importance
drivers
risk.
We
chart
insights
research
materially
alter
associated
livestock
production.
Our
purpose
emphasize
requirement
full
appreciation
social,
political
components
Язык: Английский
Health disparities associated with exposure to animal feeding operations, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, USA
Environmental Research Letters,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
20(5), С. 054011 - 054011
Опубликована: Апрель 8, 2025
Abstract
Despite
growing
evidence
of
health
risks
posed
by
animal
feeding
operations
(AFOs)
including
concentrated
AFOs
(CAFOs),
few
studies
have
explored
the
associated
disproportionate
burdens.
We
investigated
risk
cause-specific
mortality
with
AFO/CAFOs
and
related
disparities
for
North
Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia
(2000–2020).
estimated
associations
between
AFO/CAFO
exposure
(anemia,
asthma,
COPD,
diabetes
mellitus,
cerebrovascular
disease,
kidney
disease)
using
logistic
regression.
For
each
participant,
we
applied
two
metrics
based
on
buffers
around
population-weighted
ZIP-code
centroids:
(1)
binary
presence
or
absence
AFOs/CAFOs,
(2)
intensity
(no
exposure,
low,
medium,
high).
individual-level
(sex,
race/ethnicity,
age,
education,
marital
status)
community-level
(race,
income,
poverty,
racial
isolation,
educational
isolation)
characteristics.
Presence
was
higher
mortality,
particularly
mellitus
across
all
states.
People
in
ZIP
codes
within
⩽10
km
were
1.028
(95%
Confidence
Interval
1.014,
1.042),
1.039
(1.025,
1.053),
1.053
(1.031,
1.075)
times
more
likely
to
die
from
disease
compared
those
without
Virginia,
respectively.
found
burden
some
subpopulations,
however
results
varied
state.
Our
findings
provide
high
populations
facing
burden,
although
such
relationships
differed
location.
Язык: Английский
Health impacts associated with community exposure to animal feeding operations: a protocol for a systematic review
Evidence-Based Toxicology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
3(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025
Язык: Английский
Disparities in exposure to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and risk of adverse birth outcomes in Pennsylvania, USA
Heliyon,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
10(15), С. e34985 - e34985
Опубликована: Июль 20, 2024
BackgroundPrevious
studies
have
linked
exposure
to
concentrated
animal
feeding
operations
(CAFOs)
with
various
health
outcomes.
However,
relatively
few
evaluated
the
impacts
of
CAFOs
on
adverse
birth
outcomes,
despite
significant
public
concerns
regarding
maternal
and
child
health.ObjectivesThis
cross-sectional
study
investigated
risk
outcomes
associated
disparities
in
outcomes.MethodsWe
obtained
individual-level
records
from
2003
2020
Pennsylvania
Department
Health.
We
considered
two
outcomes:
(1)
preterm
(PTB);
(2)
low
weight
(LBW).
Exposure
was
as
a
binary
indicator
(presence
or
absence
CAFO)
categories
based
level
exposure.
Logistic
regression
applied
estimate
association
between
Models
were
adjusted
for
infant's
sex,
demographics
(age,
race/ethnicity,
education),
prenatal
BMI,
care,
smoking
status,
marital
plurality,
WIC
urban/rural
indicator.
examined
both
response.ResultsPresence
higher
PTB,
an
increasing
trend
levels
Compared
no
CAFO
group,
odds
ratios
PTB
1.022
(95
%
confidence
interval
1.003,
1.043),
1.066
(1.034,
1.100),
1.069
(1.042,
1.097)
low,
medium,
high
groups,
respectively.
Some
characteristics
CAFO-related
PTB.
Similar
associations
observed
LBW
some
such
mother's
education,
urbanicity,
although
findings
not
statistically
significant.ConclusionsOur
suggest
that
presence
increases
birth.
Our
results
indicate
may
be
LBW.
This
can
inform
future
research
burden.
Язык: Английский
Hurricanes, industrial animal operations, and acute gastrointestinal illness in North Carolina, USA
Environmental Research Health,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
3(1), С. 015005 - 015005
Опубликована: Дек. 27, 2024
North
Carolina
(NC)
ranks
third
among
US
states
in
both
hog
production
and
hurricanes.
NC's
hogs
are
housed
concentrated
animal
feeding
operations
(CAFOs)
the
eastern,
hurricane-prone
part
of
state.
Hurricanes
can
inundate
waste
lagoons,
transporting
fecal
bacteria
that
may
cause
acute
gastrointestinal
illness
(AGI).
While
CAFOs
hurricanes
have
separately
been
associated
with
AGI,
few
epidemiological
studies
examined
joint
effect
CAFOs.
We
impacts
Matthew
(2016)
Florence
(2018)
on
occurrence
post-storm
AGI
areas
varying
numbers
poultry
used
ZIP
code-level
disease
surveillance
data,
2016-2019,
to
calculate
rates
emergency
department
(ED)
visits
NC.
Using
precipitation
CAFO
permit
interrupted
time
series
methods,
we
assessed
change
rate
during
three
weeks
after
codes
heavy
rain
(>75th
percentile
storm
precipitation)
0,
1-10,
>10
The
ED
increased
15%
(RR
=
1.15,
95%
CI:
1.04,
1.27)
Hurricane
Florence,
although
there
was
little
increase
1.05,
CI
0.86,
1.24).
no
exhibited
these
post-hurricane
periods
(Matthew:
RR
0.97,
0.80,
1.14;
Florence:
1.01,
0.89,
1.13).
also
observed
an
Areas
hurricane
many
had
a
higher
proportion
Black,
American
Indian,
Hispanic
residents
lower
annual
household
incomes
than
state
averages.
Heavy
rates,
disproportionately
affecting
people
color
Язык: Английский