Exclusive: Pig and Poultry Air Pollution Costs UK Over £130 Million a Year

Revealed: factory farm pollution is costing the UK £130m a year

Ammonia from farms drives lung conditions, heart disease and chronic illness – and we have been able to put a figure on the cost

Exclusive: Pig and Poultry Air Pollution Costs UK Over £130 Million a Year

Air pollution from intensive pig and poultry farms costs England and Wales over £131 million a year, contributing to cases of asthma, stroke, and heart disease, it can be revealed. A new analysis by DeSmog and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that ammonia pollution from England and Wales’ largest 1,200 farms causes an average of at least 25 hospital admissions and over 1,000 lost years of life due to […]