Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

31): Would the average American have believed that hamburgers were treated with ammonia to remove salmonella and E. The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Is it any wonder that cynicism with regard to the efficacy of government is at an all-time high? 5, 2009 To the Editor: I ate my last hamburger last night. Coli Shows Flaws in Ground Beef Inspection System ” (front page, Oct. 4): Your article about E. Victoria Bridgehampton, N.Y., It tasted wonderful—juicy, fragrant and meaty.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Regardless of what we choose to eat, doing so will reduce our dietary carbon footprint by half because “about half of the food produced in the United States is thrown away.” What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms. Toney Union, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States. Patti Breitman Fairfax, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It is estimated that the amount of grain fed to cattle and hogs in the United States in 1971 was twice that of U.S. It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India. The third assumption of the argument is also dubious.

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