The True Costs of Eating Meat
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Livestock accounts for at least 21 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions globally -- more than all forms of transportation combined. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. About the Washington Post columnist: James E. He is the author of Just Food.
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