Animals should be off the menu!
Do you eat meat? Did you know you are in the minority? Out of an audience of hundreds, 73.6% agreed meat should be off the menu - find out why, then ask yourself if you are making the right choice. Animals Should Be Off The Menu; The St James Ethics & Wheeler Centre - The full debate in the next video! Intelligence Squared's 2012 series of debates kicks off with a look at the ethics of eating meat. Six speakers are divided into two teams for lively and insightful arguments for and against the proposition, 'Animals Should Be Off the Menu'. Speaking for the proposition are Peter Singer, Philip Wollen and Veronica Ridge; against it, Adrian Richardson, Fiona Chambers and Bruce McGregor. Their cases are followed by questions from the floor and finally, the audience vote. Find a transcript and more HERE! |
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The meat and dairy drug:
not food, not fashion and not a fad - it is a drug
In the following video, Philip Wollen discusses the meat and dairy industry: not food, not fashion and not a fad - it is a drug; a minor blip on human consciousness and decency.
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"Nearly Half Of Meat In US Supermarkets Contaminated With Drug Resistant Staphylococcus" April 18, 2011 (next video)
"Meat Without Drugs" - June 26, 2012
A remarkable 80 percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used not by humans, but by the meat and poultry industries so factory farm animals can grow faster and survive crowded and unsanitary conditions.
"Drug-Resistant Bugs Found in Antibiotic-Free Meat | Wired Science" - 31 Jan 2012
If you're paying premium prices for pesticide- and antibiotic-free meat, you might expect that it's also free of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
"Nearly Half of U.S. Meat Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria" - April 15th, 2011
Here's something to think about the next time you stop by the meat counter at your local grocery store --
there may be drug-resistant strains of
"Consumers demand drug-free meat" - June 20th, 2012
If you prefer your meat without antibiotics, you're not alone, according to a new study from Consumers Union
"Dispute over drug in feed limiting US meat exports" - January 25th, 2012
A drug used to keep pigs lean and boost their growth is jeopardizing the nation's exports of what once was known as
"the other white meat."
"Drug Residues in Horse Meat"
Horses are not raised as food animals in the United States and, mechanisms to ensure removal of horses treated
with banned substances from the food chain
"Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906"
The Meat Inspection Act was the beginning of federal regulation of the countrys meat, poultry, and egg products supply...
"Pure Food and Drug Act: A Muckraking Triumph"
President Theodore Roosevelt began the process by ensuring the passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906,
which was followed by the Pure Food and Drug
"Your meat on drugs: Will grocery stores cut out antibiotics?" - 20 June 2012
It's no coincidence then that Meat Without Drugs, the campaign launched today by Consumers Union, doesn't target the FDA or any
"Pure Food and Drug Act - Theodore Roosevelt Association"
For the text of the Pure Food and Drug Act, likened to nothing less than charnel houses and to keep bad meat and other foods from crossing into other states
"Allergenic Extract, Egg and Meat Side Effects"
Comprehensive and accurate Allergenic Extract, Egg and Meat side effects information for consumers and healthcare professionals