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s rate of positives is well below industry averages (0.05 1 goal of industry, government and consumers. 11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. percent for 2009 versus 0.99 Food safety is the No. 11, 2010

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Growing Meat vs. Going Vegetarian

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But then again, it could be due to the fact that we are constantly bombarded with billion-dollar advertising campaigns from the meat industries, the dairy industry, and the egg industry, as well as from myriad restaurant chains that promote and sell these very animal products. In part, because of media obfuscation.

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Global Warming

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Global warming is an animal ethics issue. As the planet warms, fragile habitats that countless animal species depend on for survival will be destroyed. Recently published research suggests that the situation is even more dire than previously predicted. Matthews and Caldeira's findings suggest that the U.N.

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Given this potency, an 18 percent reduction in methane emissions from cattle isn’t going to be anywhere near enough to turn dairying or beef production into sustainable industries. Reducing the size of the national cattle herd is the only feasible solution.

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J. Baird Callicott on Factory Farms

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With the Industrial Revolution an even more profound and terrifying transformation has overwhelmed them. They have become, in Ruth Harrison 's most apt description, "animal machines."

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Think Bush Is a Pro-Animal Environmentalist? Think Again!

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For more information about the effect of sonar on marine mammals, see the NRDC's extremely comprehensive report: “ Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life.” Why does the Bush administration think that it is wrong for the Japanese to kill whales but permissible for the U.S.

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The pork industry has acted on its own over the last decade to solve water-discharge problems and create top-shelf manure management systems. Recently they have invested millions of dollars into research conducted by Purdue University. America’s pork producers have met the environmental challenges and are proud of their achievements.