A: Levaquin is an antibiotic that is used to treat all kinds of bacterial infections. Doctors usually prescribe this drug for treating infections of kidneys, bladder, skin, and sinuses. However, in recent years, levaquin has been linked to a number of severe side effects and birth defects.
Air. 1  The massive amounts of excrement produced by livestock farms emit toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia into the air. Roughly 80% of ammonia emissions in the U.S. come from animal waste (The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).
In 2008 there were over 843 million acres of U.S. farmland, of which over 4 million acres were certified by the USDA Organic Program.ompost. Compost is decomposed plant and animal waste that can be used as farm fertilizer to enrich soil. Large-scale farm composting uses decaying animal litter, poultry and other animal manure, crop residues as well as additional material such as rock phosphates, feather meal, bone meal and other mineral products.