Inhumane farming practices could be to blame for the outbreak of swine flu, as HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell found out.

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The global outbreak of swine flu is growing day by day. Media outlets have raised the question whether the epidemic may have started in pig farms in Mexico run by a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer.

Evidence points to industrial pig farm as source of outbreak

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There was a time when red meat was a luxury for ordinary Americans. Now a new study of more than 500,000 Americans has provided the best evidence yet that our affinity for red meat has exacted a hefty price on our health and limited our longevity.

Why don't they like calling it the swine flu anyway? No one had a problem with "bird flu" but maybe they would have a problem with "factory farmed chicken flu." Oh yeah, we found the cause of the peanut contamination as well and it ain't imimgration.

A 23-month-old child in Texas is the first person known to have died of swine flu outside Mexico, where it may have killed as many as 159 people. Confirmed cases in many countries around the globe.

A single sneeze propels 100,000 droplets into the air at around 90 mph, landing on door knobs, ATM keypads, elevator buttons, escalator railings, and grocery cart handles. In a subway station at rush hour, according to British researchers, as many as 10