Factory farming is not cheap. It just hides the bill. A new investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and DeSmog has calculated that air pollution from some of the largest pig and chicken farms in England and Wales cost more than £131 million in 2024. That figure covers damage to public health, ecosystems and buildings caused by pollution from around 1,200 industrial farms. And it is incomplete.
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