Three things that aren’t cool: cheap umbrellas that collapse with the smallest gust of wind, practice fire drills, and the slaughtering and eating of downer pigs.

CNN’s Nicole Lapin recently reported on the Humane Society’s efforts to ban downer pigs — animals too sick or injured to walk — from being used in food production. In the report, the HSUS’s Director of Public Health Dr. Michael Greger reveals:

“You can’t tell just by looking at a pig whether the pig is down because of fatigue, because of injury, or because of sickness. And indeed the science is very clear that these pigs are at an increase risk of having disease. They’re more likely to contaminate their hide and some of that contamination can get into the plant. So there’s multiple reasons why animals too sick to even stand up, or for whatever reason, really should be excluded from the food supply.”

A National Pork Producers Council representative also weighs in and basically claims that…well, factory farms already go through some basic safety checks — so everything is just fine. Yikes!

A big round of applause to Nicole and CNN for being brave enough to tackle this controversial issue on the air. Check out the entire report below and tell us what you think about this touchy subject.