{"id":8086,"date":"2009-05-06T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2009-05-06T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T16:46:59","slug":"sue-sturgis-swine-flu-genes-traced-to-north-carolina-factory-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8086","title":{"rendered":"Sue Sturgis: Swine flu genes traced to North Carolina factory farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sue Sturgis, Institute for Southern Studies, 5 May 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing about swine flu last week<\/a>, we observed that massive hog farms like those clustered near the outbreak’s epicenter in the Mexican state of Veracruz “can act as a vector for environmental injustice,” and pointed to studies done in North Carolina — the nation’s second-biggest producer of hogs after Iowa — that found such farms put nearby residents at risk of serious health problems and tend to be concentrated in communities with high poverty rates and a high percentage of racial minorities.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, there’s a more direct connection between the current swine flu outbreak and North Carolina: Scientists working to understand the genetic makeup of the H1N1 virus that causes the disease have linked it to a virus behind a 1998 swine flu outbreak at an industrial hog farm in Sampson County, North Carolina’s leading hog producer.<\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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