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Human Health and Industrial Farming

Industrial Hog Farms as Infection Breeding Grounds

Pew Featured on CBS Evening News

April 27, 2009

Contact: Kip Patrick, 917.319.8603

Washington, D.C. - In response to the swine flu outbreak, Robert Martin, a senior officer with the Pew Environment Group, discusses industrial hog farms and their potential as prime breeding grounds for new virus strains.

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