Is Factory Pig Farming To Blame For Swine Flu?

In the face of what may soon become a global pandemic, the pork industry has begun lobbying to have officials stop using the words "Swine Flu" for fear that people will stop eating their product.

The industry is probably as concerned about a drop-off in pork sales as it is about a growing concern about industrial pig farms, which some suspect may be at the root of the current outbreak.

Industrial pig farms, already a foul staple of the Southern U.S. landscape, have been on the rise in Mexico.

From the Guardian:

Caroline Lucas, a Green Party MEP in England wrote in an editorial in the Guardian: