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Apr 26, 2012
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a Framework for Addressing the Sustainability of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Authors: Troy A. Doby [email protected], Michael Gonzalez [email protected], and MaryAnn Curran [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
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The challenges Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) directly pose to sustainability include their impact on human health, receiving water bodies, groundwater, and air quality. These challenges result from the large quantities of macronutrients (carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus), micronutrients (sulfur and heavy metals), and antibiotics contained in the effluent from CAFOs. Technologies exist to deal with the challenges CAFOs present. We evaluate how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) may be used to evaluate the gaps in knowledge when combining technologies currently available for dealing with the sustainability of CAFOs.
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World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
Pages: 1 - 9
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© 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Environmental Protection Agency, NRMRL, Sustainable Technology Division, Systems Analysis Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. E-mail: [email protected]
Environmental Protection Agency, NRMRL, Sustainable Technology Division, Systems Analysis Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. E-mail: [email protected]
Environmental Protection Agency, NRMRL, Sustainable Technology Division, Systems Analysis Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. E-mail: [email protected]
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