A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms

A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms

5.0IMDb Score
Released:2009-07-14
Duration:92 min
Director:Don McCorkell
Actors:Don McCorkell
Production:Cinema Libre Studio

Overview:

This documentary tells details how the practice wreaks havoc on the environment and on consumers' health. Through disturbing footage and interviews with experts, director Don McCorkell paints a disturbing portrait of a food system that uses hormones, antibiotics and arsenic to increase its output with little regard for the damage it causes.

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