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# Too Much Slurry

A campaign against the factory farming of cows and the spreading of vast amounts of slurry.

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## Posts

- [News & Updates](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/updates/)
- [Useful Link / Information: The Impact of Factory farms on the Environment](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-the-impact-of-factory-farms-on-the-environment/) - The informal term “factory farming” refers to any intensive commercial form of agriculture that employs extreme growing techniques (usually with heavy use of agrichemicals and veterinary drugs) to produce the greatest output in the least space, and at the lowest unit cost. Although the term occasionally refers also to intensive crop monocultures, for the purpose
- [Farming Today Clip from 8th November 2017](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/the-role-of-slurry-in-the-spread-of-bovinetb/) - Listen to the clip from the BBC's "Farming Today" in which Professor Liz Wellington discusses the role of slurry in the spread of Bovine TB. https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bbc-farmingtoday-171108.mp3
- [Environmental and Health Issues With Anaerobic Manure Lagoons](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-environmental-and-health-issues-caused-by-anaerobic-manure-lagoons/) - THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN A SALES PRESENTATION BY A U.S. DCOMPANY SELLING EQUIPMENT TO INTENSIVE FARMERS I.E. THIS IS "A SLURRY FRIENDLY VOICE". Toxic Fumes The decomposition of manure in lagoons by anaerobic bacteria produces toxic airborne compounds, which can be harmful to human health and the environment. A study performed in North
- [Useful Link / Information: Manure Gas Danger](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-manure-gas-danger/) - Since the increased use of manure storage facilities in agriculture there have been numerous instances where a farmer, family member, or employee has asphyxiated or succumbed to toxic gases from the storage. Cases have been documented where several individuals have died while attempting to rescue a coworker or family member from an underground pit or
- [Useful Link / Information: Slurry gas can be lethal farmers are warned](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-slurry-gas-can-be-lethal-farmers-are-warned/) - It is well known that mixing and handling slurry can produce this toxic gas, which is invisible, although it smells like rotten eggs,” SAC spokesman Ken Rundle said: “An important feature is that when you get a good whiff of the gas, it knocks out your sense of smell, so you may be unaware that
- [Useful Link / Information: Potential health risks associated with the persistence of Escherichia coliO157 in agricultural environments](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-potential-health-risks-associated-with-the-persistence-of-escherichia-colio157-in-agricultural-environments/) - Escherichia coli serotype O157 is a virulent human pathogen the global incidence of which has increased. It has been demonstrated that cattle are the primary reservoir of this pathogen. This has serious implications for the land-based disposal of organic wastes such as cattle manure, cattle slurry and abattoir waste. Further, it also has serious ramifications
- [Useful Link / Information: Hygienic aspects of the production and agricultural use of animal wastes](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-hygienic-aspects-of-the-production-and-agricultural-use-of-animal-wastes/) - Regarding the hygienic aspects of the production and use of animal wastes, further research on the following aspects is essential: pathogenic agents present in residues of animal production in the context of transmissible multifactorial diseases and the epidemiology of pathogens under different ecological conditions; recycling of toxic agents, e.g., copper, selenium and iodine, in animal
- [Useful Link / Information: Effect of Length of Time before Incorporation on Survival of Pathogenic Bacteria Present in Livestock Wastes Applied to Agricultural Soil](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-effect-of-length-of-time-before-incorporation-on-survival-of-pathogenic-bacteria-present-in-livestock-wastes-applied-to-agricultural-soil/) - Food can become contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms at all stages of manufacture and processing. However, there is a recognized potential for the on-farm transfer of pathogens to food during primary production. Livestock infected with zoonotic agents can excrete pathogens into their feces, and animal wastes have been implicated as a source of infection in a
- [Useful Link / Information: Amonia Levels: Be Aware of the Dangers](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-amonia-levels-be-aware-of-the-dangers/) - Exposure to ammonia gas can cause damage to the skin, eyes and respiratory tract, varying in severity from mild irritation to severe burns and even death. The amount of injury that can occur depends on the amount of exposure to the gas and the concentration of the ammonia levels. What makes ammonia so harmful is
- [Useful Link / Information: Amonia Toxicity](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-amonia-toxicity/) - The most common mechanism by which ammonia gas causes damage occurs when anhydrous ammonia (liquid or gas) reacts with tissue water to form the strongly alkaline solution, ammonium hydroxide. NH3 + H2 O ⇒ NH4 OH This reaction is exothermic and capable of causing significant thermal injury. Ammonium hydroxide can cause severe alkaline chemical burns
- [Useful Link / Information: Interstitial Lung Disease](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-interstitial-lung-disease/) - Interstitial lung disease describes a large group of disorders, most of which cause progressive scarring of lung tissue. The scarring associated with interstitial lung disease eventually affects your ability to breathe and get enough oxygen into your bloodstream. Interstitial lung disease can be caused by long-term exposure to hazardous materials. Once lung scarring occurs, it's
- [Useful Link / Information: Lagoons and Sprayfields Threaten Public Health](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-lagoons-and-sprayfields-threaten-public-health/) - People living near factory farms are placed at risk. Hundreds of gases are emitted by lagoons and the irrigation pivots associated with sprayfields, including ammonia (a toxic form of nitrogen), hydrogen sulfide, and methane. The accumulation of gases formed in the process of breaking down animal waste is toxic, oxygen consuming, and potentially explosive, and
- [Useful Link / Information: Amonia, Long Term or Delayed Health Effects](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-amonia-long-term-or-delayed-health-effects/) - Skin exposure extracts water from the cells causing an inflammatory response which damages surrounding tissues. This chemical may cause cancer. It is considered a Possible Carcinogen by the World Health Organization &, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ammonia is one of the primary gases released by animal manure lagoons on large-scale farms. The concentration of
- [Useful Link / Information: Chronic Ammonia Inhalation and Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/news/useful-link-information-chronic-ammonia-inhalation-and-interstitial-pulmonary-fibrosis/) - Ammonia is an irritant gas with a characteristic pungent odour, which is widely used in industry. Inasmuch as ammonia is highly soluble in water and, upon inhalation, is deposited in the upper airways, occupational exposures to ammonia have commonly been associated with sinusitis, upper airway irritation, and eye irritation. Acute exposures to high levels of

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/) - Too Much Slurry is a campaign against mega dairies and the factory farming of cows and the spreading of vast amounts of slurry in Hartland, North Devon.
- [Cookies and Privacy](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/privacy/) - Information Collected Through the Site Some personal data is collected through the site when you voluntarily choose to provide us with personal data. The Contact Form - The information collected via the form simply allows us to reply to you/answer any questions, etc. Leaving a Comment - If you leave a comment on the site,
- [Contact](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/contact/) - There are a number of ways we can work together against having Too Much Slurry! Sign up to the “Too Much Slurry” newsletter (in the sidebar ---->) Join us on Facebook, where we can discuss this problem. You can also record & report on Facebook every time slurry dumping takes place near you and any associated
- [The Communities Affected Across The UK](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/) - The majority of the members of Too Much Slurry are people living in various communities across the UK: whose lives are blighted by intensive slurry or digestate spreading, OR whose lives will be blighted if planning applications are successful. Some of the communities affected by intensive slurry and digestate spreading and some of the communities
- [Useful Information](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/useful-information/) - One of the obvious benefits of different communities coming together is that we are able to share information and avoid "re-inventing the wheel" whenever we seek to challenge a planning application or challenge the inertia of relevant statutory authorities. "Useful Information" is intended to be an information resource whereby communities can quickly identify relevant information.
- [Health Consequences](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/useful-information/health-consequences/) - Health Consequences Of Slurry / Digestate When starting our campaign it quickly became clear that: there was a significant amount of knowledge in the farming industry about the chemical composition of slurry and digestate but that the relevant public authorities were largely unaware of the information and did not access it or use it when
- [North Combe, Monkleigh, Devon - Another Intensive Dairy Farm Planning Application With Accompanying Slurry Lagoon](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/north-combe-monkleigh-devon-another-intensive-dairy-farm-planning-application-with-accompanying-slurry-lagoon/) - TORRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL 1/0635/2017/FULM There is a planning application for an intensive dairy milking unit on land at Catsborough Cross. The unit would be less than 250 metres from neighbouring homes. The planned milking unit would house 250 dairy milking cows. The building is designed to house the cows, have milking units and to house
- [Slurry Problems in Milton Damerel, near Holsworthy, Devon](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/slurry-problems-in-milton-damerel-near-holsworthy-devon/) - We live in Milton Damerel near Holsworthy and in the last 30 years have witnessed first hand the effects of the growing number of factory farms in the area, these include: A major fly infestation which got worse for a period of 5 years until finally after many calls and letters to the Environment Agency
- [Anaerobic Digesters In A Village Near Tiverton](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/anaerobic-digesters-in-a-village-near-tiverton/) - We live in a typical rural parish near Tiverton in Mid-Devon, a community with many traditional family farms. A number of those leading the objections to the anaerobic digesters are traditional farmers. Since the Government driven expansion of the Renewable Green Energy Industry, the South West of England has been deluged by planning applications to
- [Hartland, North Devon](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/hartland-north-devon/) - The Hartland Peninsula - A Jewel in North Devon's Crown Some of the key attractions of The Hartland Peninsula, both to residents and visitors, are its hedgerows, its rustic verges and its small country lanes that run picturesquely to the Atlantic Ocean or hug the rocky coastline. Together they help create a beautiful rural landscape
- [A Mega Chicken Farm at Nancegollan, Cornwall](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/a-mega-chicken-farm-at-nancegollan-cornwall/) - Cornwall has its first planning application for an industrial mega farm, fondly called by the applicants a “Centre of Excellence”. The reality, far removed from the "Centre of Excellence" concept is a proposal for 4 multi-tier units with a total of 112,000 laying hens. The application is designed to give a picture of healthy hens basking
- [Stop the Limavady Pig Factory](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/communities-affected/stop-the-limavady-pig-factory/) - The "Stop the Limavady Pig Factory" residents group in Northern Ireland started campaigning in 2017 against the then largest planning application for a pig farm in the UK which proposed a facility for 2,700 breeding sows with the potential to produce over 81,000 pigs a year! Yes that's right - over 81,000 pigs a year
- [AONB MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NORTH DEVON COAST](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/aonb-management-plan-for-north-devon-coast/) - For all residents of Hartland this document is essential reading: HERE THIS DOCUMENT SUMMARISES THE PROTECTION AFFORDED TO THE HARTLAND PENINSULA AS A DESIGNATED AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY. THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE NOT BEING USED TO EFFECTIVELY PROTECT HARTLAND. IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE DOCUMENT THAT THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSIVE DAIRY FARMING HAVE
- [Note commenting upon the Retrospective Application. March 2017](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/note-commenting-upon-the-retrospective-application-march-2017/) - Below is a Note prepared by a group of residents commenting upon the Retrospective Application in connection with the earth banked slurry lagoon at Beckland Farm. The Note was submitted to TDC in March 2017. It sets out in some detail the concerns of local residents about the slurry lagoon and about the planning process that
- [Habitats Regulations Assessment re Beckland Farm Slurry Lagoon - October 2017](https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/habitats-regulations-assessment-october-2017/) - Below is the Habitats Regulations Assessment carried out for Torridge District Council by DTA Ecology and published in October 2017. [googlepdf url="https://toomuchslurry.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1_1041_2015_FULM-HABITAT_REGS_ASSESSMENT_REPORT-884911.pdf" download="Download" ] You can view the full Planning Application details on the Torridge Council Website.

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