A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms

2009 | 92 minutes | 5.0 ★ (2)

A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    14 July 2009

  • DirectingDon McCorkell
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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