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).
Our tens of millions of cattle and sheep produce 90 per cent of this methane; about three million tonnes per year. Methane from cattle is a significant worry, so various bodies around the world have researched this. The first thing is to work out from which end of the cattle the methane comes.