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Another Reason to Go Vegetarian

Animal Ethics

We can thank factory farming for yet another antibiotic-resistant supergerm: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold. All evidence points to factory farms. Just how prevalent is MRSA-infected meat?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. Government animal rights regulations may help.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

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