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[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Cotton is a destructive demanding crop. The post industrial era cotton farming has left swaths of land poisoned with arsenic and all sorts of nasties (chicken concentration camps are bad for arsenic too.)

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

(chicken concentration camps are bad for arsenic too.)

This is caused by roxarsone in chicken feed. I think they stopped using it several years ago, but I'd expect that this has caused lasting damage in some places.

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