On few issues is the line dividing Democrats from Republicans 100 percent pure and obvious, and the CAFO issue is not one of them.
Democrats don't always behave as I would have them do. Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton (pictured), for example, is sponsoring House legislation (a companion bill to one being offered by Kit Bond) to have CAFO (Contained Animal Feeding Operation) waste declared non-toxic. Such a law would effectively remove CAFOs from EPA oversight.
To pretend that animal waste in those concentrations isn't toxic is horse hockey. McDonald County, in the very southwest corner of the state, is dotted with CAFOs, and every water body in that county is on the impaired water bodies list.
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On few issues is the line dividing Democrats from Republicans 100 percent pure and obvious, and the CAFO issue is not one of them. 