There are some disadvantages with newer industrial farming then back with the older farms. First is that there are more animal rights activists then before that complain that newer farms aren't treating animals right and killing them brutally.
Another thing is pesticides. To prevent insects from eating the crops, farmers turned to using pesticides. These pesticides are dangerous to people's health. The UN Environmental Programme and the World Health Organization estimate that every year 3 million workers experience severe poisoning from pesticides. Of those 3 million, around 18 thousand die.
In other undeveloped countries, around 25 million workers suffer mild poisoning from pesticides. According to researchers at the National Institutes of Health, licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides were at greater risk for diabetes.
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