Investigating Chicken Farming and Water Pollution in the Bay, Exercises of Biology

Download Investigating Chicken Farming and Water Pollution in the Bay and more Exercises Biology in PDF only on Docsity! Name: _________________________ Poisoned Waters 1. What kinds of farms is Rick Dove investigating, what pollutant(s) does he believe they are putting into the Bay and why is this bad for the Bay? 2. Describe the evidence that Rick Dove seems to have to show that these farms are polluting the Bay. 3. Describe how chicken farming (along with most other types of farming) has changed over the past 50 years. 4. According to J. Charles Fox, what is the single biggest polluter of the Bay today? 5. According to the EPA, what has to be controlled if the Bay is to be "saved"? Also, what makes controlling this pollutant hard? 1. What does chicken grower Carole Morison find puzzling about the contract chicken growers must sign in order to raise chickens for a chicken processor like Perdue? 2. What does Jim Perdue say about the contract terms regarding ownership of the chicken manure? Docsity.com