The Progressive Era

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There were many conflicts and issues during the time of the Progressive Era that many muckrakers looked to expose. The majority of the corruption was found in big, dominant US businesses. However, even to this day, some of the same issues are still found in US business. To me, the ones that stand out the most are worker's rights, FDA regulations, and monopolies found in the farming industry. Last year in science class, we spent a lot of time looking at CAFO's where cows, chickens, and even fish are gathered up and then slaughtered to mass produce meat. Lots of information about that process is kept under the radar, which is why I believe that there is not proper FDA regulation on the meat that is produced in massive CAFO's and factories. In addition, the environment and rights that workers who work in that industry are faced with are definitely not fair and not healthy for one's physical and mental state.

To go along with this, the farming industry is dominated by very big companies which makes the process more efficient when producing the meat, but risks can sometimes hinder the process. For example, if there is an outbreak of E.Coli, a very large amount of meat will get affected by the outbreak due to the very large but few amount of factories packaging the meat.