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 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations released a report on the role of animal agriculture in greenhouse gas (GHG) production, called Livestock's Long Shadow.. The FAO report concluded that livestock were responsible for 18% of all human related GHG production.he primary GHGs associated with cattle are methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. The relative contribution of various aspects of beef production on a worldwide basis is shown in Table 1.